From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F0004383F; Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:27:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D63DA402D8; Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:27:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f175.google.com (mail-pl1-f175.google.com [209.85.214.175]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2876402CC for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:27:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f175.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1d409bcb0e7so11017055ad.1 for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:27:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1704475648; x=1705080448; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=9At3g4nQd+UPdaN+aP3kgEUBHRJ0iERKZ6Ppg/LLiE4=; b=aEjSHMVkM1uVt9NUVxK4LUlEz3N9+GPnguzNhf/5GZwv9ZBgOEDixdUNwr8WssV7Ul DCoQdhfWgkn2biy2zyC5hQrrUUxC8r7f6AxcTEhIFuMNG5QW/kghzGrQaQIDLOiYULQc oYnHd9/dQmBJ+JgYvka4NGfBx72tajN/CmvmpeMB7JGTExEPtOEbN+tWnmw/BnC5BZ6w CY6V5UZVnSSg1C+Fiwr1DNjrwDPm1Z79zfUV22tGotOAbj1dC6xlCq8Lcv4BkEG/JyNA c63eoLEyWUJjelywjEXbrfNRIYxSsoN8HzeCWbfz4JrdlHhuzsaxYgV4DioKkDiRZDun ybVg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1704475648; x=1705080448; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=9At3g4nQd+UPdaN+aP3kgEUBHRJ0iERKZ6Ppg/LLiE4=; b=NjsdGpBhleB1aOWNpu6Xu7CkqMxSZS/hFLXWp3Jy/33CDnb08huDu85a58O0MoQHu1 KwKEbx1Mv+kNSzcSjsou4NAmw4KhB9/4FDdnIh/r1wmSgUwIFV9xuDNHtrAvFvBKFKjG vVXf6+dWil10sAVxPI8kHA5nSxPzexD+iZvSP/FLTdfMlcdBeGNaDxbE41gTPZYmT0M0 Fv+Fof3BT3wtOr/FH+94mr1R74C5Duzvy8IwpKVyMylc5UV4RdTompEisTLpLeOmdA+y C/4owMZ8NDjxUiPuvGoO/kR09X2Fctm86/9Pf9glV7D5x4QtK+Rss/uc4gkKvKxhTbCE /aBg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw1qksHC9miRVy2IzkuJ3Vz+5HlQ93xHOJg8owLc6/jaHfjmDWa C7bcit5ynkh3CMoAlsCbxU30KooOSmjSew== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEpkn97OyREvlX7cL1aP1uehiIE5zaKmeUQ5YowpUWWghCpcLm2zKw4Yb7E/a3cuVOy6UZoyg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:658a:b0:28c:fba2:23e with SMTP id k10-20020a17090a658a00b0028cfba2023emr1858948pjj.71.1704475647872; Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:27:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-123-141.wavecable.com. [204.195.123.141]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a11-20020a17090acb8b00b0028d05c04b1dsm1509517pju.8.2024.01.05.09.27.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:27:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 09:27:25 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Cc: , Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [v3] doc: define qualification criteria for external library Message-ID: <20240105092725.4f21045e@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <20240105121215.3950532-1-jerinj@marvell.com> References: <20230928054036.645183-1-jerinj@marvell.com> <20240105121215.3950532-1-jerinj@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 17:42:15 +0530 wrote: I would a clause about optional dependency. Something like: If external dependency is not available, then it must be detectable by the build process. Missing external library must not impact the core functionality of the DPDK; only the library or driver in DPDK will not be built.