[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: add default linux configuration

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-02-12 14:31, Panu Matilainen:
> On 01/28/2016 04:31 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote:
> > add config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc file.
> 
> There was a related discussion back in March, see
> http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-March/014626.html
> 
> I intended to go with that and submit patch(es) but the amount of 
> duplication and new files gets mind-numbing when you make them for all 
> existing targets. In other words, this approach doesn't scale.
> 
> Thomas, I remember seeing a plan to include a configure script in DPDK 
> many times in past months. Do you have something specific in mind, ie 
> actually use autoconf or just a custom hand-written script named 
> "configure" that roughly resembles autoconf configure or...?

A script named "configure" looks fine.
Bruce introduced the idea of calling "make config" in the script:
	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-October/026256.html
Maybe it is a good start to move forward.
I think we have to choose between a script and a kconfig approach giving
the menus GUIs as bonus.