From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5893CD4F for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:26:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Apr 2015 09:26:58 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,677,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="487750668" Received: from orsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.22.225.131]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Apr 2015 09:26:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx112.amr.corp.intel.com (10.22.240.13) by ORSMSX104.amr.corp.intel.com (10.22.225.131) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.224.2; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 09:26:58 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx119.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.207) by ORSMSX112.amr.corp.intel.com (10.22.240.13) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.224.2; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 09:26:58 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx113.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.13.26]) by FMSMSX119.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.14.249]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 09:26:58 -0700 From: "Wiles, Keith" To: "Richardson, Bruce" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] NO_AUTOLIB is this variable really needed? Thread-Index: AQHQg1W9IwtYMIfV5EuJPr/G1qLkop1mMxSA//+sugA= Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:26:57 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20150430162459.GB5708@bricha3-MOBL3> In-Reply-To: <20150430162459.GB5708@bricha3-MOBL3> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.252.204.210] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <7540AD0B9662FB4D99EB6070B3EC7B90@intel.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] NO_AUTOLIB is this variable really needed? X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:27:00 -0000 On 4/30/15, 11:24 AM, "Richardson, Bruce" wrote: >On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 02:55:47PM +0000, Wiles, Keith wrote: >> What is the NO_AUTOLIB variable used for anyway, the doc states this: >>=20 >>=20 >> * NO_AUTOLIBS: If set, the libraries provided by the framework will not >>be >> included in the LDLIBS variable automatically. >>=20 >> Why was this variable created, do we have really good reason? It seems >> like the variable removes almost all of the standard libs. >>=20 >>=20 >> Regards, >> ++Keith >>=20 >I think that is a hang-over from the baremetal days, and can probably go >away >now. [It was probably used for the loader app or something] Do we want me to submit a patch to remove it? A new patch set :-) > >/Bruce