[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] mk: reduce scope of whole-archive to pmd libraries
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri Jun 10 11:03:28 CEST 2016
2016-05-27 17:48, Ferruh Yigit:
> --whole-archive argument only required for pmd libraries, and currently
> it covers more libraries. Reducing scope of the argument to pmd
> libraries slightly reduce final application size.
In my understanding, --whole-archive is required for static libraries used
by plugins:
http://dpdk.org/commit/20afd76a
If we want to restrict it, I would say it must be around EAL, ring,
mbuf, mempool, ethdev, cryptodev, etc.
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