Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC 00/13] Update build system

[Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 04:33:53PM +0000, Sergio Gonzalez Monroy wrote:
> This patch series updates the DPDK build system.
> 
> Following are the goals it tries to accomplish:
>  - Create a library containing core DPDK libraries (librte_eal,
>    librte_malloc, librte_mempool, librte_mbuf and librte_ring).
>    The idea of core libraries is to group those libraries that are
>    always required for any DPDK application.
>  - Remove config option to build a combined library.
>  - For shared libraries, explicitly link against dependant
>    libraries (adding entries to DT_NEEDED).
>  - Update app linking flags against static/shared DPDK libs.
> 
> Note that this patch turns up being quite big because of moving lib
> directories to a new subdirectory.
> I have ommited the actual diff from the patch doing the move of librte_eal
> as it is quite big (6MB). Probably a different approach is preferred.
> 
> Sergio Gonzalez Monroy (13):
>   mk: Remove combined library and related options
>   lib/core: create new core dir and makefiles
>   core: move librte_eal to core subdir
>   core: move librte_malloc to core subdir
>   core: move librte_mempool to core subdir
>   core: move librte_mbuf to core subdir
>   core: move librte_ring to core subdir
>   Update path of core libraries
>   mk: new corelib makefile
>   lib: Set LDLIBS for each library
>   mk: Use LDLIBS when linking shared libraries
>   mk: update apps build
>   mk: add -lpthread to linuxapp EXECENV_LDLIBS
> 
Series
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>