Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] examples/vhost: fix ioat dependency issue

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:39:33AM +0100, David Marchand wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:31 AM Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > main.c should check for RTE_RAW_IOAT before including ioat.h.
> > > > And then in this header, you can remove this stub too.
> > > >
> > >
> > > As for this one, ioat.h don't have dependency on IOAT driver, it is 
> > > needed by the example regardless of whether the raw/ioat driver exists. 
> > > And I added more RTE_RAW_IOAT check in ioat.h. Now it can be compiled.
> > >
> >
> > The trouble is that the ioat header file won't be installed if the driver
> > is not built. They will be available for building inside the source tree,
> > but not on a system with dpdk installed using "ninja install"
> 
> I tested disabling the driver, and I can see:
> installdir/usr/local/share/dpdk/examples/vhost/ioat.h
> 
My mistake, I assumed the reference was to the rte_ioat_rawdev.h file from
the ioat driver.
Please ignore my comment so.