Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] expand list of optional libraries

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 04:06:59PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> DPDK still has many libraries which cannot be disabled as part of a
> build. With the ongoing work to make it easier to only build a subset
> of the libraries in DPDK, we can also work to expand the list of
> libraries which can be enabled/disabled as desired.
> 
> This patch addresses a number of the "low-hanging fruit" libraries,
> where only the unit test builds need minor changes to support
> making the library optional. The rest of the build system is already
> well set up for selective disabling of libraries.
> 
> For better support of enabling components, especially those more
> integrated into DPDK unit tests, rework of the test meson.build file
> is likely needed. For example, it could probably be better rewritten
> to use a dictionary of files and the dependencies of each file, and
> the unit test commands each provides. However, such rework is a
> significant effort, and outside the scope of this patchset.
> 
> V4:
> - fix more issues with disabling eventdev:
>   * ensure dlb2 driver doesn't directly reference the static lib
>   * ensure l3fwd can be built using makefiles without eventdev
>   * remove dependency on eventdev for unit tests like pdump that
>     don't actually need it.
> 
This patch series I'm closing off, and merging in with my patch series to
improve the unit test builds. With the unit test build set applied, most of
the patches in this set just become single-line changes to the optional
list, so just adding them to the end of the test cleanup set makes sense.

/Bruce