Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-07-05 Thread Thomas Monjalon
04/07/2020 13:48, 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. > > The check in the scri

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] build: check functionality rather than binutils version

2020-07-04 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. The check in the script uses the minimal assembly reproduction code p