From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
To: jerinj@marvell.com
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: define qualification criteria for external library
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:03:57 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALBAE1OSRaSAYs4FiLgSMR430rAQU85U9ERFE5C7jq3gSSw=eg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230928054036.645183-1-jerinj@marvell.com>
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 11:10 AM <jerinj@marvell.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
>
> Define qualification criteria for external library
> based on a techboard meeting minutes [1] and past
> learnings from mailing list discussion.
>
> [1]
> http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-June/135847.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Ping for review and/or merge.
> ---
> v2:
> - Added "Meson build integration" and "Code readability" sections.
>
> doc/guides/contributing/index.rst | 1 +
> .../contributing/library_dependency.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/index.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/index.rst
> index dcb9b1fbf0..e5a8c2b0a3 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/index.rst
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Contributor's Guidelines
> documentation
> unit_test
> new_library
> + library_dependency
> patches
> vulnerability
> stable
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..687a3b6cef
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/library_dependency.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> + Copyright(c) 2023 Marvell.
> +
> +Library dependency
> +==================
> +
> +This document defines the qualification criteria for external libraries that may be
> +used as dependencies in DPDK drivers or libraries.
> +
> +- **Free availability**: The library must be freely available to build in either source or binary
> + form, with a preference for source form.
> +
> +- **Compiler compatibility**: The library must be able to compile with a DPDK supported compiler
> + for the given execution environment. For example, For Linux, the library must be able to compile
> + with GCC and/or clang.
> +
> +- **Documentation**: Must have adequate documentation for the steps to build it.
> +
> +- **Meson build integration**: The library must have standard method like ``pkg-config``
> + for seamless integration with DPDK's build environment.
> +
> +- **Code readability**: When the depended library is optional, use stubs to reduce the ``ifdef``
> + clutter to enable better code readability.
> --
> 2.42.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-17 4:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-28 5:16 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] " jerinj
2023-09-28 5:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " jerinj
2023-11-17 4:33 ` Jerin Jacob [this message]
2023-11-17 8:27 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-17 9:52 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-11-17 10:57 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-19 7:07 ` Jerin Jacob
2023-11-19 8:53 ` Morten Brørup
2023-11-20 17:46 ` Jerin Jacob
2023-11-27 16:25 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-11-27 17:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-01-05 12:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [v3] " jerinj
2024-01-05 12:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-01-05 12:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [v4] " jerinj
2024-01-08 7:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [v5] " jerinj
2024-01-08 8:17 ` Hemant Agrawal
2024-01-08 8:31 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-01-08 13:27 ` Hemant Agrawal
2024-01-09 13:41 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-01-08 17:18 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-01-08 19:55 ` Morten Brørup
2024-01-09 13:42 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-01-08 9:25 ` Morten Brørup
2024-01-09 14:01 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-01-09 14:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [v6] " jerinj
2024-03-19 3:32 ` Jerin Jacob
2024-03-19 5:08 ` Hemant Agrawal
2024-03-19 11:59 ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-01-05 17:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [v3] " Stephen Hemminger
2024-01-08 7:53 ` Jerin Jacob
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