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Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 1/7] pmdinfogen: Add buildtools and
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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:57:42 +0200
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2016-05-31 09:57, Neil Horman:
> +++ b/buildtools/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> +#   BSD LICENSE
> +#
> +#   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> +#   All rights reserved.

I really think it is a strange copyright for a new empty file.

> +#if __x86_64__ || __aarch64__

Better to use CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_64.

> +#define TO_NATIVE(x) (x)

We already have some functions for endianness in
lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_byteorder.h

> +struct elf_info {
> +	unsigned long size;
> +	Elf_Ehdr     *hdr;
> +	Elf_Shdr     *sechdrs;
> +	Elf_Sym      *symtab_start;
> +	Elf_Sym      *symtab_stop;
> +	Elf_Section  export_sec;
> +	Elf_Section  export_unused_sec;
> +	Elf_Section  export_gpl_sec;
> +	Elf_Section  export_unused_gpl_sec;
> +	Elf_Section  export_gpl_future_sec;
> +	char         *strtab;

The export_* fields are not used.

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mk/rte.buildtools.mk

I'm sorry I really do not agree it is a good practice to create a new
makefile type just for a new directory.
My opinion is that you should use and improve rte.hostapp.mk to make
it usable for possible other host apps.