On Wed, 6 May 2026 16:56:30 +0100 Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 Right, I am pushing AI to use flex/bison. Surprisingly it is resisting; showing a bit of emotional ownership to the code which is both humorous, odd and scary.
