On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 05:30:28AM +0000, Honnappa Nagarahalli wrote:

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 > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal.h

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index ddcf6a2e7a..8148f650f2 100644

--- a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal.h

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ enum rte_proc_type_t {
 	RTE_PROC_INVALID
 };

+enum rte_max_simd_t {

We could add a RTE_MAX_SIMD = 0. Arm platforms can use this to choose SVE.

Is zero the best value for this? Would setting it to MAX_INT or some
other big number be better, in terms of comparisons operations, or does
that just not apply at all with SVE?

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+	RTE_NO_SIMD = 64,
+	RTE_MAX_128_SIMD = 128,
+	RTE_MAX_256_SIMD = 256,
+	RTE_MAX_512_SIMD = 512
+};
+