[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/windows: fix link error with MinGW

[Nick Connolly]

Hi Dmitry,

On 21/11/2020 20:47, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> I disagree. Just because we have rte_windows.h to properly plug Windows SDK
> in, other DPDK code doesn't need to care about these details. Unused GUIDs do
> take some space in static libraries, but IMO it's a fair trade for ease of
> development. They shouldn't have any impact on resulting binaries.

Ah!  I hadn't spotted that rte_windows.h is intended to wrap the Windows 
SDK.
In which case, I agree with you - best to take care of it there.

Regards,
Nick