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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] mk: allow use of environment var for
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:42:54 +0200
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07/06/2017 16:37, David Hunt:
> Added new environment variable RTE_TEMPLATE which is an additional
> variable that can be set in the users environment. This maps on to the
> existing 'T' command line variable typically used when 'make config'
> or 'make install' is invoked.
> 
> So, instead of typing 'make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc', the user
> can now do 'export RTE_TEMPLATE=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc' followed by
> 'make config'. If the user instead chooses to 'make install', this will
> do the configure, build, and install in one step.
[...]
> --- a/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
> +++ b/mk/rte.sdkinstall.mk
> @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),pre_install)
>  include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
>  endif
>  
> +ifndef T
> +T := $(RTE_TEMPLATE)
> +endif

"make install T=" is an old syntax.
We should drop this non-standard syntax.
So I prefer we do not encourage it with this variable.

> --- a/mk/rte.sdkroot.mk
> +++ b/mk/rte.sdkroot.mk
> +ifdef RTE_TEMPLATE
> +RTE_CONFIG_TEMPLATE := $(RTE_SRCDIR)/config/defconfig_$(RTE_TEMPLATE)
> +endif

What is the benefit of exporting RTE_TEMPLATE instead of T= ?
I am afraid it get more confusion.