[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v5 3/8] kvargs: adding a module definition file

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 02:55:41PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 26/03/2019 14:37, Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran:
> > On Tue, 2019-03-26 at 10:58 +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > > However, my hope is that down the road we can have the def file
> > > generated
> > > from the map file (or potentially vice versa). Perhaps the meson
> > > python
> > > module could be used to allow us to script it a bit.
> > 
> > Make sense. Do we want to support shared lib for Windows for the first
> > version? or Can we live with static lib till we find a proper solution.
> > I do believe the base Windows Helloworld support needs to added this
> > release in main repo and add the subsequent features step by step.
> > I would treat, shared lib as subsequent feature if it is not clean.
> 
> I agree, shared library can be supported later.
> 
I would agree, except *not* supporting it will be more painful than what is
proposed here. :-)

/Bruce