From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9C4A04B0; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 15:23:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70BEC2BF1; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 15:23:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga18.intel.com (mga18.intel.com [134.134.136.126]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2CB01DBF for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 15:23:48 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: jw4e+HmqVFmpYXnJnDiSFeVqB9nLfeeCDFfoa2rZUZ52+Wr82WGb5qzBr5ACp9yHVsevvlbHbr 2j0UuHgiMWwQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9705"; a="140670751" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,445,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="140670751" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 07 Aug 2020 06:23:47 -0700 IronPort-SDR: MFYXagIw9PFwfJ2s+qgs7V7OGrC+JK1NhT4GxSpeW56VlUANru9tGH/PSdP8ktbBitVavoZdlJ 2wy1fP2IOkbg== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,445,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="468226974" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.213.223.122]) by orsmga005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 07 Aug 2020 06:23:46 -0700 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 14:23:43 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Jerin Jacob Cc: Ciara Power , dpdk-dev , Thomas Monjalon Message-ID: <20200807132343.GA306@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20200807123009.21266-1-ciara.power@intel.com> <20200807123009.21266-3-ciara.power@intel.com> <20200807124536.GA302@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.11 02/19] build: remove makefiles and mk directory X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 06:49:47PM +0530, Jerin Jacob wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 6:15 PM Bruce Richardson > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 01:29:52PM +0100, Ciara Power wrote: > > > It was decided [1] to no longer support Make in DPDK, this patch > > > removes all Makefiles that do not make use of pkg-config, along with > > > the mk directory previously used by make. > > > > > > [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-April/162839.html > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ciara Power > > > --- > > > GNUmakefile | 17 - > > > Makefile | 4 - > > > > Open question from me: > > Do we want to leave a dummy top-level makefile that prints instructions on > > build with meson and ninja - or even runs a build using them if they are > > installed? > > Maybe we can keep "make tags" as well in top-level Makefile. Is it better to point people directly to the script? My concern about having a makefile is that it may confuse people as to how to build DPDK. On the other side, there is a convenience aspect to having a makefile, so I'm open to being convinced either way.