Acked-by: Ethan Jackson <[email protected]>
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > Clang has nice static analysis and works well as an Open vSwitch compiler, > so mention it more explicitly. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> > --- > CodingStyle | 9 +++++---- > INSTALL | 14 +++++++------- > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/CodingStyle b/CodingStyle > index 22f0f45..55b37a1 100644 > --- a/CodingStyle > +++ b/CodingStyle > @@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ older compilers: > > As a matter of style, avoid // comments. > > - Avoid using GCC extensions unless you also add a fallback for > -non-GCC compilers. You can, however, use GCC extensions and C99 > -features in code that compiles only on GNU/Linux (such as > -lib/netdev-linux.c), because GCC is the system compiler there. > + Avoid using GCC or Clang extensions unless you also add a fallback > +for other compilers. You can, however, use C99 features or GCC > +extensions also supported by Clang in code that compiles only on > +GNU/Linux (such as lib/netdev-linux.c), because GCC is the system > +compiler there. > diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL > index a0eb266..4c54b59 100644 > --- a/INSTALL > +++ b/INSTALL > @@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ you will need the following software: > > - GNU make. > > - - The GNU C compiler. We generally test with version 4.1, 4.2, or > - 4.3. > + - A C compiler, such as: > + > + * GCC 4.x. > + > + * Clang. Clang 3.4 and later provide useful static semantic > + analysis and thread-safety checks. For Ubuntu, there are > + nightly built packages available on clang's website. > > - libssl, from OpenSSL, is optional but recommended if you plan to > connect the Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. libssl is > @@ -28,11 +33,6 @@ you will need the following software: > libssl is installed, then Open vSwitch will automatically build > with support for it. > > - - clang, from LLVM, is optional. It provides useful static semantic > - analyzer and thread-safety check. clang version must be 3.4 or > - later. For Ubuntu, there are nightly built packages available on > - clang's website. > - > To compile the kernel module on Linux, you must also install the > following. If you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may > use the userspace-only implementation, at a cost in performance. The > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev X-CudaMail-Whitelist-To: [email protected] _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
