[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/8] build: standardize component names and defines
Xu, Rosen
rosen.xu at intel.com
Sun Oct 18 11:21:35 CEST 2020
On 10/15/20 6:05 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> As discussed on the dpdk-dev mailing list[1], we can make some easy
> improvements in standardizing the naming of the various components in
> DPDK, and their associated feature-enabled macros.
>
> Following this patch, each library will have the name in format,
> 'librte_<name>.so', and the macro indicating that library is enabled
> in the build will have the form 'RTE_LIB_<NAME>'.
>
> Similarly, for libraries, the equivalent name formats and macros are:
> 'librte_<class>_<name>.so' and 'RTE_<CLASS>_<NAME>', where class is
> the device type taken from the relevant driver subdirectory name, i.e.
> 'net', 'crypto' etc.
>
> To avoid too many changes at once for end applications, the old macro
> names will still be provided in the build in this release, but will be
> removed subsequently.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
Acked-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu at intel.com>
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