[RFC PATCH 2/3] build: deprecate standalone tests option

Morten Brørup mb at smartsharesystems.com
Tue Jun 2 11:26:42 CEST 2026


> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson at intel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 June 2026 11.09
> 
> The unit tests can be disabled in DPDK in a couple of ways. Firstly,
> there is the original "tests" boolean option - when set to false, the
> tests are skipped as part of the build. However, the newer
> enable_apps/disable_apps options also can be used to disable the tests
> [you can disable using the "enable" option by omitting "tests" from the
> list to enable].
> 
> This duplication of functionality is unnecessary, so let's remove the
> standalone tests option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---

Good cleanup.
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>



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