[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: default to shared library

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 10:24:44AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Hi Panu,
> 
> 2015-03-04 08:17, Panu Matilainen:
> > With symbol versioning its vital that developers test their code in
> > shared library mode, otherwise we'll be playing "add the forgotten
> > symbol export" from here to eternity.
> 
> Yes we must improve the sanity checks.
> A lot of options must be tested (or removed) and not only shared libs.
> But the error you reported before (missing export of rte_eth_dev_release_port)
> cannot be seen even with this patch.
> It means we need more tools.
> Though, default configuration is not a tool.
> 
> > By defaulting to shared we should catch more of these cases early,
> > but without taking away anybodys ability to build static.
> 
> Shared libraries are convenient for distributions but have a performance
> impact. I think that static build must remain the default choice.
> 
+1