> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:tho...@monjalon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 11:42 AM > To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Cc: gaetan.ri...@6wind.com; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] mk: symlink every headers first > > 21/06/2017 12:27, Bruce Richardson: > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:21:39PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > If a library or a build tool uses a definition from a driver, there > > > is a build ordering issue, like seen when moving PCI code into a bus > > > driver. > > > > > > One option is to keep PCI helpers and some common definitions in EAL. > > > The other option is to symlink every headers at the beginning of the > > > build so they can be included by any other component. > > > > > > This patch shows how to achieve the second option. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > > > --- > > > > My 2c. > > > > This may be worth doing, however, two points to consider. > > > > 1. If we look to change build system this may not be worth doing > > unless a compelling need becomes obvious in the short term. In the > > meantime, for cases where it is needed... > > 2. libraries can already access the includes from drivers or other > > places fairly easily, just by adding the relevant "-I" flag to the > > CFLAGS for that lib. > > You mean adding a -I pointing to source location instead of the build > directory? >
Yep. Easy workaround for limited cases where it is needed. It's been done before in our code, not sure there are any instances left after the rework of the last couple of releases, but we certainly used to have that scheme in the past and it didn't cause us a single problem as I recall. /Bruce
