[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 1/5] eal: add rte_uuid support

Wiles, Keith keith.wiles at intel.com
Fri Jun 8 19:15:04 CEST 2018



> On Jun 8, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org> wrote:
> 
> Since uuid functions may not be available everywhere, implement
> uuid functions in DPDK. These are based off the BSD licensed
> libuuid in util-link.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin at microsoft.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile       |   1 +
> lib/librte_eal/common/Makefile           |   2 +-
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_uuid.c  | 193 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_uuid.h | 129 +++++++++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/common/meson.build        |   2 +
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile     |   1 +
> lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map       |   9 ++
> 7 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_uuid.c
> create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_uuid.h
> 

Hi Stephen, Why does this need to be in EAl/Common would this be better in the lib directory for utils or string routines? Does the EAl use the feature for something?

Regards,
Keith



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