[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/5] mk: remove combined library and related options

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed,  8 Apr 2015 16:07:21 +0100
Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com> wrote:

> Currently, the target/rules to build combined libraries is different
> than the one to build individual libraries.
> 
> By removing the combined library option as a build configuration option
> we simplify the build pocess by having a single point for linking/archiving
> libraries in DPDK.
> 
> This patch removes CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIB build config option and
> removes the makefiles associated with building a combined library.
> 
> The CONFIG_RTE_LIBNAME config option is kept as it will be use to
> always generate a linker script that acts as a single combined library.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>

No. We use combined library and it greatly simplfies the application
linking process.