Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] config: discover libpcap on Windows

2021-02-25 15:02, Ferruh Yigit:

On 2/14/2021 2:16 AM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:

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WinPcap or Npcap, can be installed anywhere.
Add a Meson option to specify SDK path.
  

I am not sure if it is OK to add a meson option for this, can't we use the 
default path?

And does this mean we will need to add an option for each dependent library in 
Windows? If not, why pcap is special?

There are some meson options for SDK paths already. Are they exceptions?

IMO, explicit specification is better because it allows switching
dependency versions and library distributions.
I understand that consensus it to keep build matrix size at minimum, but
options to specify SDK path don't change the number of variants what can be
found.