[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: add log to print dpdk version at start

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/1/2021 10:14 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 11:48:21AM +0530, Aman Singh wrote:
>> From the logs it is difficult to get the DPDK version
>> that was used. So added a debug log to print the same.
>> The log has been added in eal_init so it gets printed
>> at startup for any application.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh at intel.com>
>> ---
>>  lib/eal/freebsd/eal.c | 2 +-
>>  lib/eal/linux/eal.c   | 2 +-
>>  lib/eal/windows/eal.c | 1 +
>>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
> Note: EAL already has the "-v" flag which prints the version number at startup.
> 

More common usage is when -v (--version) is provided app prints the version and
exits.

No strong opinion but it is possible to have the version output always as debug,
and convert '-v' to log and exit.