GCC link-time-optimization generates much better code (at expense of build time) so it is logical to use it for DPDK.
But the current PMDINFO steps fail since .o file is not a binary with lto. Any ideas or planned fixes? == Build drivers/mempool/octeontx CC octeontx_ssovf.o PMDINFO octeontx_ssovf.o.pmd.c No drivers registered /home/shemminger/dpdk/netvsc/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:114: recipe for target 'octeontx_ssovf.o' failed