Hi Dan, On 01/14/2014 09:40 PM, Daniel Kan wrote: > On a similar note, is there any particular reason why many macros such > as RTE_MACHINE_XXX are passed as flags to the compiler instead of > being defined in rte_config.h?
I guess it's because in case of local compilation (called "native"), these flags can be generated dynamically in mk/rte.toolchain-compat.mk from gcc or icc compiler version and from the CPUFLAGS variable (see machine/native/rte.vars.mk). You can also check this older thread: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2014-January/001053.html Regards, Olivier
