From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Hall Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] Update library build process Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 13:46:07 -0700 Message-ID: <20141006204607.GA18992@mhcomputing.net> References: <1412265386-26291-1-git-send-email-sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com> <1412592755-3370-1-git-send-email-sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com> <1412592755-3370-4-git-send-email-sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1412592755-3370-4-git-send-email-sergio.gonzalez.monroy-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 11:52:34AM +0100, Sergio Gonzalez Monroy wrote: > Remove COMBINE_LIBS option and by default build: > - CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y : both individual and combined libraries > - CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=n : single combined library As previously discussed.,It would be better for backward-compatibility of people linking against DPDK, if the static lib could come out as both a combined library and separate individual libraries by default. Otherwise everybody linking against DPDK has to change their code, and it won't be easy for them to move forward and backward against different DPDKs before and after this change. Thanks, Matthew.