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On 01/28/2016 04:31 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote:
> add config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
> ---
>   config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc
>

There was a related discussion back in March, see
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-March/014626.html

I intended to go with that and submit patch(es) but the amount of 
duplication and new files gets mind-numbing when you make them for all 
existing targets. In other words, this approach doesn't scale.

Thomas, I remember seeing a plan to include a configure script in DPDK 
many times in past months. Do you have something specific in mind, ie 
actually use autoconf or just a custom hand-written script named 
"configure" that roughly resembles autoconf configure or...?

	- Panu -