> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] build: fix using ELF-only linker
> flags with COFF
>
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> 14/01/2021 10:27, Tal Shnaiderman:
> > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] build: fix using
> > > ELF-only linker flags with COFF
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > 13/01/2021 21:27, Ranjit Menon:
> > > > On 1/11/2021 4:36 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> > > > > The --export-dynamic linker option is only applicable to ELF.
> > > > > On Windows, where COFF is used, it causes warnings:
> > > > >
> > > > > x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld: warning: --export-dynamic is not
> supported
> > > > > for PE+ targets, did you mean --export-all-symbols? (MinGW)
> > > > >
> > > > > LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/-export-dynamic';
> > > > > ignored (clang)
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't add --export-dynamic on Windows anywhere.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixes: b031e13d7f0d ("build: fix plugin load on static build")
> > > > > Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozl...@gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Using TLS variables with DLLs is problematic on Windows for now,
> > > > > so not attempting to check or solve the issue with plugin load.
> > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.me...@intel.com>
> > >
> > > Applied, thanks
> > >
> > > Why we didn't catch it in advance in CI?
> > >
> >
> > I think Windows CI still passes on builds with warnings, maybe we can
> change it now that we cleared all of them.
>
> Yes.
> Please can you open a ticket in bugs.dpdk.org in the section lab/jobs?
> Thank you
>
Done, Bug number 614.
