[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: fix kernel modules build dependency

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Mar 29 17:39:31 CEST 2018


Some kernel modules may need some header files to be "installed"
in the build directory.

When running multiple threads of make, kernel modules can try to
be compiled before the lib headers are ready:
	make -j3
	kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c:19:37: fatal error:
		exec-env/rte_kni_common.h: No such file or directory

This error appeared recently after moving kernel modules in their
own directory.

Fixes: acaa9ee991b5 ("move kernel modules directories")

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

---

On a related note, this header file
	lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
could be moved to lib/librte_kni/
Opinion?
---
 mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk b/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk
index 53e0721e9..5dc43e429 100644
--- a/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ endif
 -include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/exec-env/$(RTE_EXEC_ENV)/rte.custom.mk
 
 buildtools: | lib
+kernel: | lib
 drivers: | lib buildtools
 app: | lib buildtools drivers
 test: | lib buildtools drivers
-- 
2.16.2



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