[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: link with virtio PMD when using shared libraries

[Thomas Monjalon]

20/11/2017 11:27, Eelco Chaudron:
> On 17/11/17 17:19, Timothy Redaelli wrote:
> > testpmd is often used inside a VM to test the OVS PVP scenario.
> > This commit makes testpmd to link to virtio PMD when DPDK is built as
> > shared libraries too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli at redhat.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro at redhat.com>

I really doubt it is the right fix.
This PMD should be dynamically linked with dlopen as a plugin.
It can be done with -d option or by specifying the plugin directory
at compilation time in CONFIG_RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH.