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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>,
	Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>,
	Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] buildtools: get static mlx dependencies for meson
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:49:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3539810.MHq7AAxBmi@xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200129175024.GB383@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com>

29/01/2020 18:50, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 06:48:14PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 29/01/2020 16:37, Bruce Richardson:
> > > Error message I got is below. This is on Ubuntu 19.10 with gcc 9.2:
> > > 
> > >   LD librte_pmd_mlx5.so.20.0.1
> > > /usr/bin/ld: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmlx5.a(mlx5.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `stderr@@GL
> > 
> > I think -fPIC is missing.
> > Which version of rdma-core is it?
> > As documented, you may have to build the static libraries yourself:
> > 	http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/mlx5.html#installation
> > 	CFLAGS=-fPIC cmake -DIN_PLACE=1 -DENABLE_STATIC=1 -GNinja .. && ninja
> > 
> Yes, that appears to be necessary. :-(
> 
> What is the big advantage of doing this over default linking using standard
> packages, especially since for end apps the pkg-config file is taking care
> of providing all the correct linker args?

It does not change anything for compilation. It's all about packaging.
It may be easier to package in some environments, by removing one dependency.




  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-29 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-16  7:16 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] add static ibverbs in meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-16  7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] buildtools: rework static pkg-config script Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-16  7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] build: allow to hide dependencies from pkg-config Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-17 17:34   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-01-16  7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] net/mlx: support static ibverbs linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-27 15:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] add static ibverbs in meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-27 15:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] net/mlx: add static ibverbs linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-27 15:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] buildtools: get static mlx dependencies for meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-29 15:37     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-01-29 17:48       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-29 17:50         ` Bruce Richardson
2020-01-29 18:49           ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2020-01-29 17:48       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-01-27 15:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] build: allow hiding dependencies from pkg-config Thomas Monjalon
2020-01-27 15:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] net/mlx: workaround static linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-04 11:48   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] add static ibverbs in meson Bruce Richardson
2020-02-04 14:27     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-04 14:33       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-02-04 15:14         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-04 15:20           ` Bruce Richardson
2020-02-11  1:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] mlx ibverbs linking " Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11  1:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] net/mlx: add static ibverbs linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11  1:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/5] buildtools: get static mlx dependencies for meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11  1:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/5] net/mlx: workaround static linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11 11:29       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-02-11 11:36         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11 11:43           ` Bruce Richardson
2020-02-11  1:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/5] net/mlx: rename meson variable for dlopen option Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11  1:19     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/5] net/mlx: fix overlinking with meson and glue dlopen Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11 11:32       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-02-11 11:34         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-11 11:33     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] mlx ibverbs linking in meson Bruce Richardson
2020-02-12  1:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] " Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  1:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] drivers: cleanup meson build variable Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  9:26     ` Xu, Rosen
2020-02-12  9:32       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 15:04         ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdklab] " Jeremy Plsek
2020-02-12 15:18           ` Jeremy Plsek
2020-02-12 16:30             ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 16:36               ` Jeremy Plsek
2020-02-12 16:42                 ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 16:46                   ` Jeremy Plsek
2020-02-12 17:38                     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 18:03                       ` Jeremy Plsek
2020-02-12  1:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/6] net/mlx: add static ibverbs linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  1:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/6] buildtools: get static mlx dependencies for meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  1:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/6] net/mlx: workaround static linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  1:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/6] net/mlx: rename meson variable for dlopen option Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  1:59   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] net/mlx: fix overlinking with meson and glue dlopen Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12  2:08   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] mlx ibverbs linking in meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 22:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 22:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] drivers: cleanup meson build variable Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-13  0:25     ` Xu, Rosen
2020-02-12 22:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] net/mlx: add static ibverbs linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 22:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/6] buildtools: get static mlx dependencies for meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 22:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/6] net/mlx: workaround static linkage with meson Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 22:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/6] net/mlx: rename meson variable for dlopen option Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-12 22:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] net/mlx: fix overlinking with meson and glue dlopen Thomas Monjalon
2020-02-13 13:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/6] mlx ibverbs linking in meson Raslan Darawsheh

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