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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] eal: move OS common functions to single
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On 4/23/2020 3:48 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 23/04/2020 11:06, Dmitry Kozlyuk:
>> On 2020-04-23 09:27 GMT+0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> 23/04/2020 01:51, Ranjit Menon:
>>>> On 4/22/2020 12:27 AM, talshn@mellanox.com wrote:
>>>>> From: Tal Shnaiderman <talshn@mellanox.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Move common functions between Unix and Windows to eal_config.c.
>>>>
>>>> Like other files in common, we should call this eal_common_config.c
>>>
>>> I am not sure about the interest of repeating the directory name
>>> in the file name in general.
>>> Do you see a real benefit?

In general, no. But in this case, it does make a difference, IMO.
When seeing all the files in EAL together, it clearly stands out that 
these are common/shared files and any change therein will affect others 
beyond Windows. IMO, I prefer it the way it is.

>>
>> It allows using VPATH in Makefile. If filenames are identical in different
>> VPATH directories, make can't pick both. Makefiles are being deprecated, but
>> they'll be around for some more time.
> 
> Makefile will be removed in 20.11
> 
> 


ranjit m.