From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: add default linux configuration Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:04:07 +0100 Message-ID: <2635551.TO27lmebJ9@xps13> References: <1453991505-15205-1-git-send-email-bernard.iremonger@intel.com> <56BDD0B1.9040502@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org To: Panu Matilainen Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f42.google.com (mail-wm0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5C095B5 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:05:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f42.google.com with SMTP id c200so24684067wme.0 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:05:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56BDD0B1.9040502@redhat.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" 2016-02-12 14:31, Panu Matilainen: > On 01/28/2016 04:31 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > > add config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc file. > > There was a related discussion back in March, see > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-March/014626.html > > I intended to go with that and submit patch(es) but the amount of > duplication and new files gets mind-numbing when you make them for all > existing targets. In other words, this approach doesn't scale. > > Thomas, I remember seeing a plan to include a configure script in DPDK > many times in past months. Do you have something specific in mind, ie > actually use autoconf or just a custom hand-written script named > "configure" that roughly resembles autoconf configure or...? A script named "configure" looks fine. Bruce introduced the idea of calling "make config" in the script: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-October/026256.html Maybe it is a good start to move forward. I think we have to choose between a script and a kconfig approach giving the menus GUIs as bonus.