On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 08:46:32AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 6 May 2026 09:06:22 +0100 > Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Dependencies are limited to rte_ethdev and rte_net; no > > > librte_cmdline, no flex/bison, no platform-specific headers. > > > The grammar follows testpmd's syntax so familiar rules carry > > > over and is documented in the programmer's guide. > > > > > Was there a particular reason to avoid using flex/bison here, or did their > > use just not make sense? In general I would prefer using code-generation > > tools where possible rather than maintaining (metaphorically) hand-written > > code. > > > > /Bruce > > As long as we are willing to accept flex/bison as build dependency, > it would make sense to use it.
Google search points to https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison as available ports for Windows, so I see no issue with making these build dependencies. /Bruce
