From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: NO_AUTOLIB is this variable really needed? Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 10:10:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20150501091034.GB7992@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <20150430162459.GB5708@bricha3-MOBL3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org" To: "Wiles, Keith" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 05:26:57PM +0100, Wiles, Keith wrote: > > > On 4/30/15, 11:24 AM, "Richardson, Bruce" > wrote: > > >On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 02:55:47PM +0000, Wiles, Keith wrote: > >> What is the NO_AUTOLIB variable used for anyway, the doc states this: > >> > >> > >> * NO_AUTOLIBS: If set, the libraries provided by the framework will not > >>be > >> included in the LDLIBS variable automatically. > >> > >> Why was this variable created, do we have really good reason? It seems > >> like the variable removes almost all of the standard libs. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> ++Keith > >> > >I think that is a hang-over from the baremetal days, and can probably go > >away > >now. [It was probably used for the loader app or something] > > Do we want me to submit a patch to remove it? A new patch set :-) If it's completely unused in DPDK, it should be removed. /Bruce