[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section

Dumitrescu, Cristian cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com
Fri Mar 3 12:18:26 CET 2017



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legacy, Allain [mailto:Allain.Legacy at windriver.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 11:15 AM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Jolliffe, Ian (Wind River) <ian.jolliffe at windriver.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dumitrescu, Cristian [mailto:cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com]
> >
> > I am not totally against it, but IMO this option is a bit confusing. Again,
> what's
> > wrong with user explicitly adding the GLOBAL section if needed?
> There's nothing wrong with using a global section.   It is our preference to use
> this method because we need to support a legacy file format that needs to
> be parsed by other non-DPDK applications.  Those applications expect this
> format.

OK, legacy is a good enough reason for me.


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