[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: add makefile extention support

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hi,

2016-02-09 11:35, Keith Wiles:
> Adding support to the build system to allow for Makefile.XXX
> extention to a subtree, which already has Makefiles. These
> Makefiles could be from the autotools and others places. Using
> the Makefile extention RTE_MKFILE_SUFFIX in a makefile subtree
> using 'export RTE_MKFILE_SUFFIX=.XXX' to use Makefile.XXX in
> that subtree.
> 
> The main reason I needed this feature was to integrate a autotool
> open source projects with DPDK and keep the original Makefiles.

Sorry I fail to understand why it is needed.
Are you trying to add autotool in DPDK? I don't think it is a good approach.
The DPDK must provide a pkgconfig interface to be integrated anywhere.