[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/4] Convert lpm data from header to resource

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri May 6 15:20:21 CEST 2016


2016-05-06 13:51, Bruce Richardson:
> It takes the existing lpm large routing table information and converts it
> from a header file included at compile time to a resource linked in. This
> improves things in two ways:
> 1. Improves DPDK build time
> 2. Removes approx 1 million lines of code from our LOC counts, as the header
> file no longer counts as code, but more correctly as data.

Good improvement!
Is it possible to go further and
3. Reduce size of the DPDK tarball
by removing some test data?
What is the benefit of having 21 MB and 7 MB of routes data?


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