[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] cfgfile: configurable comment character

Legacy, Allain Allain.Legacy at windriver.com
Thu Mar 2 22:22:59 CET 2017


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson at intel.com]
> We are trying to avoid adding in extra build-time options to DPDK, so
> can you please rework this patch to make it a run-time option instead.
> Perhaps just add a set_comment_char() API call to the library. If this
> is a setting per cfgfile instance it would then allow applications to
> simultaneously use files with different formats. For example, if in
> future we use cfgfile library to configure DPDK EAL, a preexisting file
> for that shipped with DPDK may conflict in format with an
> application-specific one.

Ok, sounds reasonable.


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