> -----Original Message----- > From: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 4:59 PM > To: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com> > Cc: Jan Viktorin <vikto...@rehivetech.com>; jer...@marvell.com; Bruce > Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; dev <dev@dpdk.org>; nd > <n...@arm.com>; j.gr...@qub.ac.uk; tho...@monjalon.net; Honnappa > Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal/arm: enable FreeBSD build > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 7:49 AM Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com> > wrote: > > > > Build on FreeBSD on aarch64 failed with error: > > lib/eal/arm/rte_cpuflags.c:86:9: error: unknown type name 'Elf64_auxv_t' > > > > The data type is used by OS Linux auxiliary vector read, and not used > > by arch specific cpu flag API implementations. Hence remove it from Arm > file. > > > > Reported-by: James Grant <j.gr...@qub.ac.uk> > > Signed-off-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com> > > Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com> > > This never worked, so this patch counts as enabling a new supported OS/arch. > > If we want FreeBSD support on ARM, we will need non regression tests in > some CI. Currently no plan to claim FreeBSD support on Arm. I'll update commit message to treat it as removal of useless code.
> A release notes update is also needed. > > > -- > David Marchand
