From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81107A052B; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:31:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC4DE1C027; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:31:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga01.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C45C2B9C for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:31:53 +0200 (CEST) IronPort-SDR: nroHpbx95v2k6A+RUODULIzV0KeJBNkCcqnweZNI2Bl4h0h6C3CgE+nBCKOHIAo6Ra+jpY/8FD iBEj/uq9Mrbg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9695"; a="169297372" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,406,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="169297372" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 28 Jul 2020 03:31:52 -0700 IronPort-SDR: YUkVZoY/OS6+4c5h9BffTkeQeD/IbuCsT1BMy4YfaRnIg6fhwoZrCe8ya3L/9n6ZNucLx5SdOC bvTv8LWPq8xw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.75,406,1589266800"; d="scan'208";a="464421962" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.249.40.141]) by orsmga005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 28 Jul 2020 03:31:51 -0700 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:31:47 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Ibtisam Tariq Cc: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20200728103147.GB2333@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-users] Difference in make exec-env: linuxapp and linux 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" On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 03:23:48PM +0500, Ibtisam Tariq wrote: > Hello. > > We have several targets in dpdk/config when compiling using MAKE. The > dpdk target format is ARCH-MACHINE-EXECENV-TOOLCHAIN where EXECENV can > be linux, linuxapp, freebsd and bsdapp. What is the difference between > linuxapp and linux? > > It seems the same because they both have the same .config files. > They are indeed the same, they are just aliases for the same config files. Please note though, that from DPDK 20.11 release onwards, the Make build system will be removed from DPDK, and you should use meson and ninja instead to build DPDK, and thereafter use the libdpdk.pc pkg-config file to compile and link applications against the DPDK instance. Regards, /Bruce