From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by dpdk.space (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE92A05D3 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:41:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D2105F24; Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:41:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga12.intel.com (mga12.intel.com [192.55.52.136]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C9E5B1C for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:41:43 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by fmsmga106.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Mar 2019 07:41:42 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.60,271,1549958400"; d="scan'208";a="137405998" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.35]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2019 07:41:39 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:41:38 +0000 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:41:38 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran , "pallavi.kadam@intel.com" , "anand.rawat@intel.com" , "dev@dpdk.org" , "ranjit.menon@intel.com" , "jeffrey.b.shaw@intel.com" Message-ID: <20190326144138.GB472084@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20190306041634.12976-1-anand.rawat@intel.com> <20190326105831.GA188340@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> <5eeb911a2c8a3877f5ae110b88f56ba76df642de.camel@marvell.com> <3620690.ieInrUnbAS@xps> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3620690.ieInrUnbAS@xps> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v5 3/8] kvargs: adding a module definition file X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Message-ID: <20190326144138.D5K3Vz2xHlg9L-XPH7JA5mQvU-ggGLnzRe0dK2A1X-E@z> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 02:55:41PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 26/03/2019 14:37, Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran: > > On Tue, 2019-03-26 at 10:58 +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote: > > > However, my hope is that down the road we can have the def file > > > generated > > > from the map file (or potentially vice versa). Perhaps the meson > > > python > > > module could be used to allow us to script it a bit. > > > > Make sense. Do we want to support shared lib for Windows for the first > > version? or Can we live with static lib till we find a proper solution. > > I do believe the base Windows Helloworld support needs to added this > > release in main repo and add the subsequent features step by step. > > I would treat, shared lib as subsequent feature if it is not clean. > > I agree, shared library can be supported later. > I would agree, except *not* supporting it will be more painful than what is proposed here. :-) /Bruce