On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 8:37 PM David Christensen
<d...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> gcc 4.8.5 used on RHEL 7.6 can identify a Power 9 CPU but cannot generate
> Power 9 code when the "-mcpu=native" command line argument is used. Test
> whether the compiler can generate Power 9 code and adjust the machine
> setting appropriately.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Christensen <d...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> config/ppc_64/meson.build | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/config/ppc_64/meson.build b/config/ppc_64/meson.build
> index 0e65f9d..495ef6f 100644
> --- a/config/ppc_64/meson.build
> +++ b/config/ppc_64/meson.build
> @@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ endif
> dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH', 'ppc_64')
> dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_PPC_64', 1)
>
> +# RHEL 7.x uses gcc 4.8.X which doesn't generate code for Power 9 CPUs,
> +# though it will detect a Power 9 CPU when the "-mcpu=native" argument
> +# is used, resulting in a build failure.
> +power9_supported = cc.has_argument('-mcpu=power9')
> +if not power9_supported
> + machine = 'power8'
> + machine_args = ['-mcpu=power8', '-mtune=power8']
> + dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE','power8')
Fixed indent.
> +endif
> +
> # overrides specific to ppc64
> dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_LCORE', 1536)
> dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', 32)
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
Applied, thanks.
--
David Marchand
