[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: fix the combined library problems by replacing it with a linker script

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-11-24 16:31, Panu Matilainen:
> The physically linked-together combined library has been an increasing
> source of problems, as was predicted when library and symbol versioning
> was introduced. Replace the complex and fragile construction with a
> simple linker script which achieves the same without all the problems,
> remove the related kludges from eg mlx drivers.
> 
> Since creating the linker script is practically zero cost, remove the
> config option and just create it always.
> 
> Based on a patch by Sergio Gonzales Monroy, linker script approach
> initially suggested by Neil Horman.
> 
> Suggested-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>
> Suggested-by: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com>

As it is a big change and discussion is not totally closed,
it is deferred to release 2.3.
The fix from Ferruh could be sufficient for 2.2.