[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-users] Difference in make exec-env: linuxapp and linux

[Ibtisam Tariq]

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 3:31 PM Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 03:23:48PM +0500, Ibtisam Tariq wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > We have several targets in dpdk/config when compiling using MAKE. The
> > dpdk target format is ARCH-MACHINE-EXECENV-TOOLCHAIN where EXECENV can
> > be linux, linuxapp, freebsd and bsdapp. What is the difference between
> > linuxapp and linux?
> >
> > It seems the same because they both have the same .config files.
> >
> They are indeed the same, they are just aliases for the same config files.
>
> Please note though, that from DPDK 20.11 release onwards, the Make build
> system will be removed from DPDK, and you should use meson and ninja
> instead to build DPDK, and thereafter use the libdpdk.pc pkg-config file to
> compile and link applications against the DPDK instance.
>
> Regards,
> /Bruce
>


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