[dpdk-dev] [EXT] [PATCH v3 01/15] drivers: introduce mlx5 crypto PMD
Matan Azrad
matan at nvidia.com
Wed May 12 07:32:00 CEST 2021
From: Akhil Goyal
> > > > > > +fmt_name = 'mlx5_crypto'
> > > > > > +deps += ['common_mlx5', 'eal', 'cryptodev']
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't see a reason for eal dependency. Do you really need it?
> > > >
> > > > See RTE_LOG_REGISTER.
> > >
> > > Compilation works fine even after removing this dependency.
> > > I believe it is internally managed in cryptodev.
> >
> > Yes, but it is better to add the libs we use directly.
> >
> Please remove eal so that it is consistent with other PMDs
I don't understand why you don't give a claim to explain why not to add libs the PMD accesses directly.
One day when other dependency will remove the direct dependency, it may be problematic.
Because I see you strongly insist on it and this is tiny I will remove.
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