[dpdk-dev] Build DPDK with Google bazel

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:53:27 -0700
Ming Zhao <mzhao at luminatewireless.com> wrote:

> bazel(http://bazel.io) is the open sourced version of Google build
> tool, and it has proved itself is a nice solution for monolithic
> server side development. In our company, we use both to build our
> products and it greatly reduced the hurdle of rolling out any change
> because we put the whole DPDK source code into tree and the build
> process can easily produce final binaries at any point(i.e. we can put
> a fix to DPDK code and the build process will always produce
> up-to-date binary based on the change).
> 
> We pushed all our changes to github in "bazel"
> branch(https://github.com/mzhaom/dpdk/tree/bazel) in case any one
> wants to try it. At the moment, due to the complexity of setting up
> bazel BUILD files to handle different compilation settings, we are not
> actively pursuing to integrate these changes back to upstream. But
> I'll be happy to answer any question and provide help in case anyone
> wants to do so.
> 
> Thanks!

Thanks for doing this, but please don't try and convert us.

As an experience Unix/Linux person, new glitzy build systems are kind
of a sore point. If you can make it work for you great, but let's keep
the DPDK as simple as possible.