From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35F96CCF0 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:25:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Apr 2015 09:25:02 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,677,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="487749870" Received: from unknown ([10.237.220.106]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2015 09:25:01 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:24:59 +0025 Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:24:59 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: "Wiles, Keith" Message-ID: <20150430162459.GB5708@bricha3-MOBL3> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Shannon Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] NO_AUTOLIB is this variable really needed? X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:25:04 -0000 On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 02:55:47PM +0000, Wiles, Keith wrote: > What is the NO_AUTOLIB variable used for anyway, the doc states this: > > > * NO_AUTOLIBS: If set, the libraries provided by the framework will not be > included in the LDLIBS variable automatically. > > Why was this variable created, do we have really good reason? It seems > like the variable removes almost all of the standard libs. > > > Regards, > ++Keith > I think that is a hang-over from the baremetal days, and can probably go away now. [It was probably used for the loader app or something] /Bruce