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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Tomasz Duszynski <tdu@semihalf.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, mw@semihalf.com, dima@marvell.com,
	nsamsono@marvell.com, Jacek Siuda <jck@semihalf.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] app: link the whole rte_cfgfile library
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:01:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170927120102.GA27076@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170927073603.GA30028@tdu>

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 09:36:03AM +0200, Tomasz Duszynski wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 03:31:18PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:39:58AM +0200, Tomasz Duszynski wrote:
> > > Since MRVL NET PMD needs librte_cfgfile to parse QoS configuration file
> > > link it as the whole library.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacek Siuda <jck@semihalf.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Duszynski <tdu@semihalf.com>
> > > ---
> >
> > Can you clarify a bit more why this is needed? For a static build, the
> > cfgfile should be linked in to the after the PMDs, so the dependencies
> > in the driver should be satisfied in the link. For a dynamic build, the
> > PMD should depend upon the cfgfile directly, and use it at runtime
> > appropriately.
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > /Bruce
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> You are correct, all dependencies in the driver will be satisfied.
> The reason this change was introduced is that, librte_pmd_mrvl.a
> contains undefined symbols from librte_cfgfile.a thus linking
> applications under app/ directory will fail as librte_cfgfile.a comes
> before librte_pmd_mrvl.a during the linking stage.
> 
> Linking librte_cfgfile.a with --whole-archive solves the issue.
> 
> --
Thanks for the explanation.

I believe the proper fix in this case is to ensure that when linking
apps that cfgfile comes after librte_pmd_mrvl. The drivers should always
come first when linking, then the DPDK libs.

/Bruce

  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-27 12:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-26  9:39 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] add net/crypto mrvl pmd drivers Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] app: link the whole rte_cfgfile library Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26 14:31   ` Bruce Richardson
2017-09-27  7:36     ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-27 12:01       ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2017-09-26  9:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/8] net/mrvl: add mrvl net pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/8] doc: add mrvl net pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/8] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl net pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/8] crypto/mrvl: add mrvl crypto pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/8] doc: add mrvl crypto pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/8] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl crypto pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-26  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] test: add mrvl crypto pmd unit tests Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-27  9:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] add net/crypto mrvl pmd drivers De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-09-27 10:59   ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] add net mrvl pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] app: link the whole rte_cfgfile library Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-03 11:51     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] add net mrvl pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-03 11:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] app: link the whole rte_cfgfile library Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-03 11:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] net/mrvl: add mrvl net pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-04  0:24         ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-04  8:59           ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-04 16:59             ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-05  8:43               ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-05 17:29                 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-06  6:41                   ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 21:25                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-04  0:28         ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-04 13:19           ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-05 17:37             ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-03 11:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] doc: add mrvl net pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-04  0:29         ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-04  7:53           ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-03 11:51       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl net pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/16] add net mrvl pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/16] app: link the whole rte_cfgfile library Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/16] net/mrvl: add mrvl net pmd driver skeleton Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-11 13:38           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-12  6:51             ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-12  7:59               ` Vincent JARDIN
2017-10-12 12:14                 ` Jacek Siuda
2017-10-12 13:57                   ` Vincent JARDIN
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/16] net/mrvl: add rx/tx support Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/16] net/mrvl: add link update Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/16] net/mrvl: add link speed capabilities Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/16] net/mrvl: add support for updating mtu Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/16] net/mrvl: add jumbo frame support Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/16] net/mrvl: add support for promiscuous and allmulticast modes Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/16] net/mrvl: add support for mac filtering Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/16] net/mrvl: add rss hashing support Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/16] net/mrvl: add support for vlan filtering Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/16] net/mrvl: add crc, l3 and l4 offloads support Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 13/16] net/mrvl: add packet type parsing support Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 14/16] net/mrvl: add basic stats support Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 15/16] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl net pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 19:02           ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-09 19:09             ` Marcin Wojtas
2017-10-09 19:12               ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10  5:47             ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10  3:20           ` Jianbo Liu
2017-10-10  4:38             ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-09 15:00         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 16/16] doc: add mrvl net pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-09 20:54           ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10  5:51             ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-11 14:27           ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-12  2:01             ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-09 20:59         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/16] add net mrvl pmd driver Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10  0:25           ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-10  7:07             ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10  5:55           ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-12  1:51           ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-10-12  2:37             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add build steps to mrvl NIC guide Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-12  6:28               ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-12  8:02                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-10-12  6:07             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/16] add net mrvl pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] net/mrvl: add mrvl net " Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-29 15:38     ` Stephen Hemminger
2017-10-02 11:08       ` Bruce Richardson
2017-10-03  6:33         ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-03  6:23       ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: add mrvl net pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:22   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl net pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 11:06   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] add net mrvl pmd driver Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-28 11:40     ` Amit Tomer
2017-09-28 12:01       ` Marcin Wojtas
2017-09-28 10:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] add crypto " Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] crypto/mrvl: add mrvl crypto " Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-05 15:01     ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-06  7:24       ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-05 15:47     ` Bruce Richardson
2017-10-06  7:05       ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: add mrvl crypto pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-05 14:45     ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-06  8:06       ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl crypto pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-09-28 10:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] test: add mrvl crypto pmd unit tests Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-07 20:28   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] add crypto mrvl pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-07 20:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] crypto/mrvl: add mrvl crypto " Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 10:16       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-10 10:25         ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-07 20:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] doc: add mrvl crypto pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-07 20:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl crypto pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-07 20:28     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] test: add mrvl crypto pmd unit tests Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 10:44       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2017-10-10 10:57         ` Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 12:17     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] add crypto mrvl pmd driver Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 12:17       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] crypto/mrvl: add mrvl crypto " Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 12:17       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] doc: add mrvl crypto pmd documentation Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 12:17       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] maintainers: add maintainers for the mrvl crypto pmd Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-10 12:17       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] test: add mrvl crypto pmd unit tests Tomasz Duszynski
2017-10-12 12:11       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] add crypto mrvl pmd driver De Lara Guarch, Pablo

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