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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:12:37 +0000
From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/8] ether: refine debug compile option
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 02:39:05PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 16/03/2021 14:05, Ferruh Yigit:
> > On 3/12/2021 12:12 PM, Qi Zhang wrote:
> > > PMDs use RTE_LIBRTE_<PMD_NAME>_DEBUG_RX|TX as compile option to wrap
> > > data path debug code. As .config has been removed since the meson build,
> > > It is not friendly for new DPDK users to notice those debug options.
> > > 
> > > The patch introduces below compile options for specific Rx/Tx data path
> > > debug, so PMD can choose to reuse them to avoid maintain their own.
> > > 
> > > - RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG_RX
> > > - RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG_TX
> > > 
> > > Also, all the compile options are documented on the overview page, so
> > > users can easily find them.
> 
> English question: is "compile option" correct,
> or should it be "compilation option"?
> Cc Bruce to have a native in the discussion :)
> 

"compilation options" is better.
However, throughout this patch, I wonder if "build" might be a better verb to
use than "compile".