From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: add default linux configuration Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:23:12 +0100 Message-ID: <2202345.QkgQ4lTT1r@xps13> References: <1453991505-15205-1-git-send-email-bernard.iremonger@intel.com> <20160216111635.GA930@sivlogin002.ir.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org To: Ferruh Yigit Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f44.google.com (mail-wm0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868729A81 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:24:44 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f44.google.com with SMTP id g62so101443396wme.1 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:24:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160216111635.GA930@sivlogin002.ir.intel.com> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 2016-02-16 11:16, Ferruh Yigit: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 02:31:45PM +0000, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > > add config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc file. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger > > Apart from configuration related discussion, > this patch was helpful for me to notice "default" machine type, and difference between "native", > so I believe it is good to have this as sample config. The justification is strange. We are not going to have a config file for every combinations. Defaulting defconfig files to the native machine natural to me. > Also not scope of this patch but I agree on Bruce's comment on renaming "default" machine type to "generic", > I can send a patch for this if there is a demand. default is an Intel core 2. Why generic is a better name?