On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 02:21:58PM +0300, Ilya Maximets wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just want to clarify current status of these patches. > As I understand, moving to the new build system (for example, > meson+ninja as proposed[1] by Bruce) is a very long process. > But we have issues with imbalanced memory allocation now, and > IMHO it's better to fix them in a near future. > > Latest version (v5) of balanced allocation patches adds linbuma > as general unconditional dependency which conflicts with the > current DPDK policies. > > So, there are 2 option: > > 1. Return back config option RTE_LIBRTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES > from the first version of the patch and disable it by default. > > 2. Keep patch as it is now and make everyone install libnuma > for successful build. > > I have no preferences about above options. I'm asking your opinions. > > Bruce, Sergio, Thomas, what do you think? > > [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/067428.html > > Best regards, Ilya Maximets. > I would be ok with having libnuma as a dependency, so I think I'd prefer option 2 to 1, assuming libnuma is available in all major Linux distros.
/Bruce
