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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] librte_eal: Import FreeBSD sys/tree.h
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Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:14:38 +0200
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2016-06-09 16:54, Nikita Kozlov:
> On 06/ 9/16 02:58 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Please don't copy a header file which is available already on both BSD and Linux.
> >
> I was quite hesitant on how to handle it. I had the feeling that dpdk
> wanted to avoid external dependency so I copied that file. If it's not
> the case I would be happy to resend the patches without that external
> import.

Yes please let's use external libraries where possible.
Being able to run in a bare metal environment has been a requirement
in the early days of DPDK. Now we got rid of this idea and run on
Linux and FreeBSD. An attempt to run on OSv has been done but without
more follow-up.