[dpdk-dev] Building with 'make install T=' and 'make config T='

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-12-09 17:31, Wiles, Keith:
> On 12/9/15, 10:19 AM, "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> >Between "make config" and "make" you can modify the configuration.
> >In the next release, "make config" will be wrapped by a "configure" script
> >which will allow to configure your target in one line.
> >So we will end up with:
> >	./configure
> >	make
> >	make install
> >It may be weird to you but it is standard to others.
> 
> I understand the above configure steps and yes it is nice to have, the only problem is we do not have a real automake-autolib configuration system.
> 
> Personally I would not use automake-autolib as it requires more system resources and different version cause different problems plus M4 maybe a great language, but not very friendly. The current DPDK build system just requires make and a shell, which is very common plus very simple to install. If cross-compiling it will be harder to get all of the tools in place to support a real automake system on a embedded environment. Cross-compiling has its own problems to address.

I said "make config" will be wrapped by a "configure" script.
Does it sound like using autotools? No