netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH V2 3/5] samples/bpf: add a README file to get users started

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 08:30:25 +0200
From:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:	brouer@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, bblanco@...mgrid.com,
	naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, borkmann@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH V2 3/5] samples/bpf: add a README file to get
 users started

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:31:06 -0700
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 06:27:22PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> > +
> > +Manually compiling LLVM with 'bpf' support
> > +------------------------------------------
> > +
> > +In some LLVM versions the BPF target were marked experimental. They
> > +needed the 'cmake .. -DLLVM_EXPERIMENTAL_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=BPF'.  Since
> > +version 3.7.1, LLVM adds a proper LLVM backend target for the BPF
> > +bytecode architecture.  
> 
> it's actually non-experimental since 3.7.0.
> It was experimental after 3.6 was released during development of 3.7.
> I doubt you can find this anywhere, so I suggest to just drop this paragraph.

Okay lets drop this paragraph, given the LLVM period was so short, it
does not make sense to mention here.

I will send a V3 patch series, as DaveM usually likes a full resubmit
(I'll add your acks to the other patches, but you need to ack this one).

-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  Author of http://www.iptv-analyzer.org
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer