[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] eal: move OS common functions to single file

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

On 2020-04-23 09:27 GMT+0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 23/04/2020 01:51, Ranjit Menon:
> > On 4/22/2020 12:27 AM, talshn at mellanox.com wrote:  
> > > From: Tal Shnaiderman <talshn at mellanox.com>
> > > 
> > > Move common functions between Unix and Windows to eal_config.c.  
> > 
> > Like other files in common, we should call this eal_common_config.c  
> 
> I am not sure about the interest of repeating the directory name
> in the file name in general.
> Do you see a real benefit?

It allows using VPATH in Makefile. If filenames are identical in different
VPATH directories, make can't pick both. Makefiles are being deprecated, but
they'll be around for some more time.

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Dmitry Kozlyuk