[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] config: gather options for dlopen mlx dependency

[Thomas Monjalon]

09/01/2019 10:33, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 03:05:23AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Rename options CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DLOPEN_DEPS and
> > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DLOPEN_DEPS to a single option
> > CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN.
> > Rename meson option enable_driver_mlx_glue to ibverbs_link.
> > 
> > There was no good reason for setting a different link option
> > for mlx4 and mlx5. Having a single common option makes it
> > easier to understand and unify make and meson systems.
[...]
> > --- a/meson_options.txt
> > +++ b/meson_options.txt
> > @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ option('allow_invalid_socket_id', type: 'boolean', value: false,
> >  	description: 'allow out-of-range NUMA socket id\'s for platforms that don\'t report the value correctly')
> >  option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: 'dpdk/pmds-<VERSION>',
> >  	description: 'Subdirectory of libdir where to install PMDs. Defaults to using a versioned subdirectory.')
> > -option('enable_driver_mlx_glue', type: 'boolean', value: false,
> > -	description: 'Enable glue library for Mellanox PMDs')
> > +option('ibverbs_link', type: 'string', value: 'shared',
> > +	description: 'Linkage method (shared/dlopen) for Mellanox PMDs with ibverbs dependencies.')
> 
> I think it's better to use the "combo" option type here rather than
> a generic string. That way we get proper protection against typos when
> configuring.
> [Ref: https://mesonbuild.com/Build-options.html]

Good suggestion, I did not check such option exists.
I will send a v2.