Re: [PATCH] config: add default linux configuration
From: Ferruh Yigit <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-12 16:59:37
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 04:04:07PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
2016-02-12 14:31, Panu Matilainen:quoted
On 01/28/2016 04:31 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote:quoted
add config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc file.There was a related discussion back in March, see http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-March/014626.html I intended to go with that and submit patch(es) but the amount of duplication and new files gets mind-numbing when you make them for all existing targets. In other words, this approach doesn't scale. Thomas, I remember seeing a plan to include a configure script in DPDK many times in past months. Do you have something specific in mind, ie actually use autoconf or just a custom hand-written script named "configure" that roughly resembles autoconf configure or...?A script named "configure" looks fine. Bruce introduced the idea of calling "make config" in the script: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-October/026256.html Maybe it is a good start to move forward. I think we have to choose between a script and a kconfig approach giving the menus GUIs as bonus.
Another thing kconfig can help is to resolve dependencies, harder to make this with a script. Currently we already have dependencies, although not complex, and resolved within makefile. I believe correct place to solve them is a configuration tool so that makefiles or source files can be clean. Thanks, ferruh