Re: [PATCH] drivers: suggestion on removing empty version.map files

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 04:59:18PM +0300, Omer Yamac wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03.10.2022 12:19, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 09:52:03AM +0300, Abdullah Ömer Yamaç wrote:
> > > In this patch, we remove all version.map files which include
> > > only the below part:
> > > `DPDK_23 {
> > > 	local: *;
> > > };`
> > > 
> > > Then we modify the meson.build to be able to compile without
> > > version.map
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Abdullah Ömer Yamaç <omer.yamac@ceng.metu.edu.tr>
> > > Suggested-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
> > > ---
> > 
> > I think you need to flag this as depending on us bumping the meson
> > version
> > requirement up to 0.53 as has been proposed. This doesn't work with 0.4x
> > versions.
> > 
> Thanks for your warnings.
> Instead of using fs module, I will use python script that checks file exist
> or not.
> If it is okay, I will resubmit the patch.

I'd rather not go down that road unless we really need to. Right now the
empty version.map files are pretty much harmless, so there is no compelling
need to change. Therefore, I'd rather wait to have the meson version bumped
to 0.53 and then have this patch applied, without having to worry about
using script fallbacks.

/Bruce