[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] config: default to shared library

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hi Panu,

2015-03-04 08:17, Panu Matilainen:
> With symbol versioning its vital that developers test their code in
> shared library mode, otherwise we'll be playing "add the forgotten
> symbol export" from here to eternity.

Yes we must improve the sanity checks.
A lot of options must be tested (or removed) and not only shared libs.
But the error you reported before (missing export of rte_eth_dev_release_port)
cannot be seen even with this patch.
It means we need more tools.
Though, default configuration is not a tool.

> By defaulting to shared we should catch more of these cases early,
> but without taking away anybodys ability to build static.

Shared libraries are convenient for distributions but have a performance
impact. I think that static build must remain the default choice.