2016-05-27 17:48, Ferruh Yigit: > --whole-archive argument only required for pmd libraries, and currently > it covers more libraries. Reducing scope of the argument to pmd > libraries slightly reduce final application size.
In my understanding, --whole-archive is required for static libraries used by plugins: http://dpdk.org/commit/20afd76a If we want to restrict it, I would say it must be around EAL, ring, mbuf, mempool, ethdev, cryptodev, etc.