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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: arch check in example dpdk_qat
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:00:49 +0100
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2016-03-24 10:50, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> > When reading examples/dpdk_qat/Makefile, we can see this check:
> > 
> >     ifneq ($(CONFIG_RTE_ARCH),"x86_64")
> >         ifneq ($(LBITS),i686)
> >         $(error The RTE_TARGET chosen is not compatible with this environment
> > \
> >         (x86_64), for this application. Please change the definition of the \
> >         RTE_TARGET environment variable, or run the application on a 32-bit
> > OS)
> >         endif
> >     endif
> > 
> > Is it on purpose to limit the 32-bit support to i686 only?
> > Instead of the message "run the application on a 32-bit OS", should it be
> > "on an i686 OS"?
> 
> i686 OS looks fine to me. Basically, when this app was made, the only 32-bit target was i686,

What about i386, i486, i586 builds ?

> and the app needs the QAT driver to be running in 32 bits, if DPDK target is 32-bit.