[ovs-dev] [PATCH] INSTALL, CodingStyle: Recognize that Clang is an acceptable compiler.
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Thu Aug 1 21:07:54 UTC 2013
Clang has nice static analysis and works well as an Open vSwitch compiler,
so mention it more explicitly.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
---
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
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