[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix build

[Zhang, Helin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:06 AM
> To: Zhang, Helin
> Cc: Gonzalez Monroy, Sergio; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix build
> 
> 2015-07-29 15:09, Zhang, Helin:
> > From: Gonzalez Monroy, Sergio
> > > Fixes: 4d4ebca4 ("pci: merge probing and closing functions for linux
> > > and bsd")
> > >
> > > The function rte_eal_pci_probe_one_driver, which calls
> > > pci_config_space_set, was moved to eal_common_pci.c, but
> > > pci_config_space_set was left in eal_pci.c with static specifier.
> >
> > Yes, that's the root cause.
> > I am just have a thought that we may need to move all of those three
> > functions together into eal_common_pci.c, which can avoid exporting that
> function.
> 
> No it is specific to Linux (implemented in igb_uio only).
> But it may be moved to eal_common if you remove the igb_uio patch and use
> the new functions to access to PCI config with UIO or VFIO:
> 	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=632b2d1deeed
Yes, I agree. It should be moved into i40e PMD only according to the user configurations.

Regards,
Helin

> 
> This build fix will be applied for 2.1.
> It is expected the above rework will be done for 2.2.
> Thanks