[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/15] make: include whole archive on static link

[Neil Horman]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 01:40:19PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2014-04-16 07:02, Neil Horman:
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:26:48AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 2014-04-15 14:05, Neil Horman:
> > > > This happens automatically on dyanmic linking, but when linking an
> > > > archive
> > > > we need to to include the whole archive to make sure we call all the
> > > > constructors. Not doing this causes them to be discarded due to the fact
> > > > theres no symbolic reference connecting the pmds to the application.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
> > > 
> > > This patch conflicts with Olivier's one:
> > > 	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=20afd76a504155e947
> > 
> > How does it conflict?  I've got it in my dpdk tree here, based off commit
> > 396b69e56a3462ff80537deccebcdecb2771d8ca, which includes Oliviers patch, and
> > mine is applied on top of it cleanly.
> 
> It's not a git conflict.
> I mean --whole-archive is set twice.
> Maybe that your patch is not needed.
> 
Yeah, I think you're right, its can probably just be dropped.  Let me test quick
and I'll confirm
Neil

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> Thomas
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