2017-01-13 08:51, Jerin Jacob: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 03:27:30PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > On 1/12/2017 1:58 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:26:08AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > >> 2017-01-12 13:16, Jerin Jacob: > > >>> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y) > > >>> _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD) += -lrte_pmd_ixgbe > > >>> +endif > > >> > > >> _LDLIBS is an internal variable of rte.app.mk. > > >> Please could you check that there is no issue when using LDLIBS instead > > >> of _LDLIBS? > > > > LDLIBS is not helping the situation as LDLIBS comes before the _LDLIBS-y > mk/rte.app.mk:LDLIBS += $(_LDLIBS-y) $(CPU_LDLIBS) $(EXTRA_LDLIBS) > > But moving to EXTRA_LDLIBS looks OK.But it has to be under > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD > > Thomas, Ferruh > Let me know if you have any objection on below mentioned diff > > -ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y) > -_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD) += -lrte_pmd_ixgbe > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD),y) > +EXTRA_LDLIBS += -lrte_pmd_ixgbe > endif
You need to keep the shared lib check. Anyway, EXTRA_LDLIBS should be reserved to users and not used in a Makefile. I prefer your initial patch using _LDLIBS. Any objection to merge initial proposal?