[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 03/10] drivers: relax dependency order

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 03:17:38PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
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> > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 8:20 PM
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 03:54:33PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 24/07/2020 15:48, Parav Pandit:
> > > > Hi Bruce,
> > > >
> > > > > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 4:37 PM
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:09:03PM +0300, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > > > > > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Drivers dependencies are evaluated in the order defined per
> > > > > > their parent directory (also called class).
> > > > > > This strict ordering prevent from having 2 different drivers of
> > > > > > the same class with different dependencies ordering.
> > > > > > This problem occurs if drivers/common/mlx5 depends on
> > > > > > drivers/bus/pci, while drivers/bus/dpaa depends on
> > drivers/common/dpaax.
> > > > > > Having a strict ordering between directories bus and common is
> > > > > > too much restrictive.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's why it is made possible to have a more fine-grain
> > > > > > directory list, adding a driver sub-directory in the list.
> > > > > > In this case, the isolated driver must be removed from its class
> > > > > > list, and added directly in drivers/meson.build.
> > > > > > Also, the per-class variables must be duplicated in the isolated
> > > > > > driver, because the call "subdir(class)" is skipped in the isolated driver
> > case.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > > >
> > > > > The commit log above has some strange word-wrapping, and
> > > > > occasionally strange phrasing. I think it could be slightly reworded,
> > perhaps as:
> > > > >
> > > > I updated the commit log as you suggested below along with RB, ack tag.
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > >   Drivers dependencies are evaluated in the order defined per their
> > parent
> > > > >   directory (also called class). This strict ordering prevents
> > > > > from us
> > >
> > > Is "from us" too much?
> > 
> > The word "from" is incorrect, anyway, it should just be "prevents us".
> > Evidently I didn't proofread my own text well enough. :-(
> 
> In v10 I rephase it as "strict ordering prevents from having pairs of drivers...".

Great, thanks.