[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] librte_cfgfile enhancements

[Dumitrescu, Cristian]

> > This library is an important utility for applications, similar to librte_cmdline
> and others. I think it is not fair from your side to refer to librte_cfgfile without
> any reference to librte_cmdline.
> 
> I agree Cristian.
> I was just writing another email about removing librte_cmdline:
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-March/061777.html
> This thread was about librte_cfgfile. I hope you'll agree I am really fair :)
> 
> It is really a scope question and should be managed by the techboard (CC).
> 

It is virtually impossible to write a non-trivial packet processing application without support for configuration file (librte_cfgfile) and CLI (librte_cmdline), therefore I think both of these building blocks are definitely within the scope of DPDK. As its name suggests, DPDK is a *development kit* for data plane applications, right?