[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] drivers: add common folder

[Shreyansh Jain]

Hi Pavan,

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Pavan Nikhilesh
<pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> Add driver/common folder and skeleton makefile for adding commonly used
> functions across mempool, event and net devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com>
> ---
>  drivers/Makefile           | 14 ++++++++------
>  drivers/common/Makefile    |  7 +++++++
>  drivers/common/meson.build |  6 ++++++
>  drivers/meson.build        |  9 +++++----
>  4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/common/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/common/meson.build
>
> diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
> index ee65c87b0..bd83ad9f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/Makefile
> @@ -4,17 +4,19 @@
>  include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
>
>  DIRS-y += bus
> +DIRS-y += common
> +DEPDIRS-common := bus

Why should common be dependent on bus? Shouldn't common be independent
in itself?

>  DIRS-y += mempool
> -DEPDIRS-mempool := bus
> +DEPDIRS-mempool := bus common
>  DIRS-y += net
> -DEPDIRS-net := bus mempool
> +DEPDIRS-net := bus common mempool
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV) += bbdev
> -DEPDIRS-bbdev := bus mempool
> +DEPDIRS-bbdev := bus common mempool
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV) += crypto
> -DEPDIRS-crypto := bus mempool
> +DEPDIRS-crypto := bus common mempool
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV) += event
> -DEPDIRS-event := bus mempool net
> +DEPDIRS-event := bus common mempool net
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RAWDEV) += raw
> -DEPDIRS-raw := bus mempool net event
> +DEPDIRS-raw := bus common mempool net event

[...]

-
Shreyansh