2015-12-09 17:31, Wiles, Keith: > On 12/9/15, 10:19 AM, "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote: > >Between "make config" and "make" you can modify the configuration. > >In the next release, "make config" will be wrapped by a "configure" script > >which will allow to configure your target in one line. > >So we will end up with: > > ./configure > > make > > make install > >It may be weird to you but it is standard to others. > > I understand the above configure steps and yes it is nice to have, the only > problem is we do not have a real automake-autolib configuration system. > > Personally I would not use automake-autolib as it requires more system > resources and different version cause different problems plus M4 maybe a > great language, but not very friendly. The current DPDK build system just > requires make and a shell, which is very common plus very simple to install. > If cross-compiling it will be harder to get all of the tools in place to > support a real automake system on a embedded environment. Cross-compiling has > its own problems to address.
I said "make config" will be wrapped by a "configure" script. Does it sound like using autotools? No
