Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/7] mk: Add rule for installing sdk files

[Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>]

On 10/16/2015 10:31 PM, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> Hi Panu,
>
> On 10/05/2015 10:20 PM, Mario Carrillo wrote:
>> Add hierarchy-file support to the DPDK makefiles, scripts,
>> examples, tools, config files and headers.
>>
>> When invoking "make install-sdk" makefiles, scripts,
>> examples, tools, config files will be installed in:
>> $(DESTDIR)/$(SDK_DIR)
>> and headers will be installed in:
>> $(DESTDIR)/$(INCLUDE_DIR)
>>
>> Where SDK_DIR=/usr/share/dpdk and INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/dpdk
>> by default.
>>
>> You can overrite SDK_DIR and INCLUDE_DIR vars.
>> This hierarchy is based on:
>> http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/file-hierarchy.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mario Carrillo <mario.alfredo.c.arevalo@intel.com>
>
> I don't know if it's feasible, but I think it would be great here
> to be able to install a SDK that is usable to build external
> applications.
>
> I mean, doing something like that:
>
>    make install-sdk DESTDIR=/tmp/sdk
>    cd /path/to/examples/helloworld
>    make RTE_SDK=/tmp/sdk/usr/share/dpdk
>
> Else, what is the purpose of installing the sdk?

Its possible (been there), it just needs some additional symlinks and 
such, at least for lib/ and include/. However at that point the contents 
become arch-dependent (due to the lib symlink) meaning it cannot go into 
/usr/share.

	- Panu -

> Regards,
> Olivier
>