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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mk: fix kernel modules build dependency
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:48:16 +0100
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On 3/29/2018 4:39 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Some kernel modules may need some header files to be "installed"
> in the build directory.
> 
> When running multiple threads of make, kernel modules can try to
> be compiled before the lib headers are ready:
> 	make -j3
> 	kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c:19:37: fatal error:
> 		exec-env/rte_kni_common.h: No such file or directory

Is there a reason to keep header in eal when module itself moved into kernel?