[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/4] Fix build issues with CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y

[Matthew Hall]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 09:15:20AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> We need to simplify build options. So I'm fine to remove COMBINE_LIBS option
> to always enable it.
> About making only one single static library, I think it's a good idea if
> it brings a real code simplification.
> 
> So the conclusion is to nack this patchset in favor of above changes.
> Sergio, comments?

It works for me... I love COMBINE_LIBS... but it won't be necessarily backward 
compatible with people already linking against existing DPDK. Hence why I 
proposed just always building the per-feature static libs and always building 
the combined lib rather than forcing people to do one or the other.

Also different people might have different configs where they link in greater 
or fewer or different PMD's or features in different configs of their build... 
they might be annoyed if their separate libs disappear.

Matthew.