On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 03:57:59PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 1/13/2017 3:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 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? > > > > LDLIBS should be OK, as long as wrapped with SHARED check. Is following > not working:
No, due to the following line mk/rte.app.mk:LDLIBS += $(_LDLIBS-y) $(CPU_LDLIBS) $(EXTRA_LDLIBS) Again -lrte_pmd_ixgbe comes first. > > -_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD) += -lrte_pmd_ixgbe > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y) > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IXGBE_PMD),y) > +LDLIBS += -lrte_pmd_ixgbe > +endif > +endif