[dpdk-dev] [PATCHv8 3/6] eal: Add an export symbol to expose the autoload path to external tools

[Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>]

Export a symbol containing the string:
DPDK_PLUGIN_PATH="$(CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH)"

Where the latter half of the string is set at build time to a location from
which autoloaded DSO's will be found.  This string is used by pmdinfo in
'plugin' mode, whereby a user can specify a dpdk installation directory (or
static binary), and scan the associated path (if found) for pmd DSO's and
report on their hardware support.

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
CC: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
CC: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
CC: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index 3efc90f..0a594d7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(solib_list);
 /* Default path of external loadable drivers */
 static const char *default_solib_dir = RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
 
+/*
+ * Stringified version of solib path used by pmdinfo.py
+ * Note: PLEASE DO NOT ALTER THIS without making a corresponding
+ * change to tools/pmdinfo.py
+ */
+static const char dpdk_solib_path[] __attribute__((used)) =
+"DPDK_PLUGIN_PATH=" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
+
+
 static int master_lcore_parsed;
 static int mem_parsed;
 
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