Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] scripts: add script for generating customised build config

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

Hi Bruce

2016-04-29 16:48, Bruce Richardson:
> This patch adds in the configure.py script file. It can be used to
> generate custom build-time configurations for DPDK either manually on
> the commandline or by calling it from other scripts. It takes as parameters
> the base config template to use, and output directory to which the modified
> configuration will be written. Other optional parameters are then taken
> as y/n values which should be adjusted in the config file, and a special
> -m flag is provided to override the default RTE_MACHINE setting in the
> config template too.

You were planning to use this script but not make it the official way of
building DPDK. I think it should be the official way.
I would suggest to integrate it quietly and improve it to make it more
official later.
What do you think is missing in the current design to take it as a base
for later work?
I really would like to see the dependencies (internal and external)
managed in this script.

[...]
> +-m, --machine-type=TYPE
> +    Override the machine-type value given in the default configuration by
> +    setting it to TYPE. Using regular options, regular y/n values can be
> +    changed, but not string options, so this explicit override for machine
> +    type exists to allow changing it.

I think we should make possible to change string values as boolean ones in
a generic way.

Detail: the MAINTAINERS file must be updated for this new file.