On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 03:51:44PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2016-10-07 19:11, Shreyansh Jain: > > --- a/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk > > +++ b/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk > > @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ endif > > PMDINFO_GEN = $(RTE_SDK_BIN)/app/dpdk-pmdinfogen $@ $@.pmd.c > > PMDINFO_CC = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@.pmd.o $@.pmd.c > > PMDINFO_LD = $(CROSS)ld $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@.o $@.pmd.o $@ > > -PMDINFO_TO_O = if grep -q 'DRIVER_REGISTER_.*(.*)' $<; then \ > > +PMDINFO_TO_O = if grep 'EAL_REGISTER_.*(.*)' $<; then \ > > echo "$(if $V,$(PMDINFO_GEN), PMDINFO $@.pmd.c)" && \ > > $(PMDINFO_GEN) && \ > > echo "$(if $V,$(PMDINFO_CC), CC $@.pmd.o)" && \ > > > > --->8--- > > CC eal_pci_vfio.o > > PMDINFO eal_pci_vfio.o.pmd.c > > /bin/sh: 1: > > /home/shreyansh/build/DPDK/02_dpdk/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/dpdk-pmdinfogen: > > > > not found > > /home/shreyansh/build/DPDK/02_dpdk/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:138: > > recipe for target 'eal_pci_vfio.o' failed > > --->8--- > > > > I don't think PMDINFO should be running on eal_pci_vfio file. Isn't it? > > Every files are scanned for the pattern. > > > Is it because EAL_REGISTER_* is matching EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ like macro > > as well? > > Probably. > That's another argument in favor of good prefixes. > I think you should use RTE_DRIVER_REGISTER_ or better, RTE_PMD_REGISTER_ Thats what we had, about 4 changes to this macro ago, and yes, that made alot more sense, to grep on a more complete version of the macro name to ensure a unique match. You might just look for the regex EAL_REGISTER_VDEV|EAL_REGISTER_PCI with grep -E
Neil > > > > I am not very well versed with how PMDINFO is linking with the build > > system so any hints/insight into this would be really helpful. > > > > One I get more clarity on this, I will push a new version of this patch. > > Thanks >