[dpdk-dev] NO_AUTOLIB is this variable really needed?

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri May 1 11:10:35 CEST 2015


On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 05:26:57PM +0100, Wiles, Keith wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/30/15, 11:24 AM, "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 02:55:47PM +0000, Wiles, Keith wrote:
> >> What is the NO_AUTOLIB variable used for anyway, the doc states this:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> * NO_AUTOLIBS: If set, the libraries provided by the framework will not
> >>be
> >> included in the LDLIBS variable automatically.
> >> 
> >> Why was this variable created, do we have really good reason? It seems
> >> like the variable removes almost all of the standard libs.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> ++Keith
> >> 
> >I think that is a hang-over from the baremetal days, and can probably go
> >away
> >now. [It was probably used for the loader app or something]
> 
> Do we want me to submit a patch to remove it? A new patch set :-)

If it's completely unused in DPDK, it should be removed.
/Bruce


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