Hi Ferruh, > -----Original Message----- > From: Yigit, Ferruh > Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 2:33 PM > To: Varghese, Vipin <vipin.vargh...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Pattan, > Reshma <reshma.pat...@intel.com> > Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnam...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] app/pdump: add check for PCAP PMD > > On 3/5/2018 7:57 AM, Vipin Varghese wrote: > > dpdk-pdump makes use of LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP for interfacing the ring to > > the device-queue pair. Updating Makefile to check for the same. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.vargh...@intel.com> > > --- > > app/pdump/Makefile | 4 ++++ > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/app/pdump/Makefile b/app/pdump/Makefile index > > bd3c208..038a34f 100644 > > --- a/app/pdump/Makefile > > +++ b/app/pdump/Makefile > > @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ > > > > include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk > > > > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP),n) $(error "Please enable > > +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP") endif > > pdump is enabled default, so won't this break the default build?
Yes, you are right it will fail. Which then forces the user to enable PCAP. > > What about moving this to lib/librte_pdump, convert $(error ..) to $(warning > ..) > and disable CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP there? If we set to warning and there are no PCAP headers in build system. The application gets built, but will fail internally becz the pcap API will fails during execution. > > > + > > ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP),y) > > > > APP = dpdk-pdump > >
