[dpdk-dev] ZUC PMD as shared library

[De Lara Guarch, Pablo]

Hi Thomas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2016 10:19 AM
> To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: ZUC PMD as shared library
> 
> Hi Pablo,
> 
> You are probably aware of the issue, but I would like to make it clear
> in case someone else run into the same trouble:
> 
> It is impossible to build the ZUC crypto PMD as a shared library:
> 
> libsso-zuc-0.1.1/build/libsso_zuc.a(sso_zuc_yasm.o):
> 	relocation R_X86_64_32 against `EK_d' can not be used
> 	when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> 
> The library libsso-zuc-0.1.1 needs an update to make the asm code
> relocatable.
> Should we explicit this limitation in the PMD doc?

Sorry for not replying to this earlier.
Yes, you are right, thanks for pointing it out.
I think the same problem is in KASUMI, so I will send a doc update for both PMDs.

Thanks,
Pablo