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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/2] app/test_pmd: add tests for new API's
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Hi Thomas,

<snip>

> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/2] app/test_pmd: add tests for new
> API's
>=20
> 2016-10-11 16:09, Ferruh Yigit:
> > This will cause a compilation error for shared libraries. Because PMDs
> > not linked against application when compiled as shared library but
> > used as plugins.
> >
> > Since it has been decided to have NIC specific APIs, we need to
> > re-work that approach to fix shared library compilation.
>=20
> If testpmd uses the ixgbe API, it must be linked with the PMD.
> Is there any issue adapting the testpmd makefile?
> Hope that dlopen an already linked PMD is nicely managed.

The ixgbe API will  be used by other apps, for example Virtual Function Dae=
mon (VFD)
Moving the following line in rte.app.mak solves the problem

Line 117: _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD)      +=3D -lrte_pmd_ixgbe

To Line 103.

Will this be acceptable?

Regards,

Bernard.