Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-06-17 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 01:45:57PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 17/06/2020 12:40, Bruce Richardson: > > Rather than checking the binutils version number, which can lead to > > unnecessary disabling of AVX512 if fixes have been backported to distro > > versions, we can instead check the output of

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-06-17 Thread Thomas Monjalon
17/06/2020 12:40, Bruce Richardson: > Rather than checking the binutils version number, which can lead to > unnecessary disabling of AVX512 if fixes have been backported to distro > versions, we can instead check the output of "as" from binutils to see if > it is correct. > > These checks use the

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-06-17 Thread Bruce Richardson
Rather than checking the binutils version number, which can lead to unnecessary disabling of AVX512 if fixes have been backported to distro versions, we can instead check the output of "as" from binutils to see if it is correct. These checks use the minimal assembly reproduction code posted to the