From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Panu Matilainen Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: add default linux configuration Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:31:45 +0200 Message-ID: <56BDD0B1.9040502@redhat.com> References: <1453991505-15205-1-git-send-email-bernard.iremonger@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Bernard Iremonger , dev@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76E8A93FA for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:31:47 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1453991505-15205-1-git-send-email-bernard.iremonger@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" On 01/28/2016 04:31 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > add config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc file. > > Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger > --- > config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 config/defconfig_x86_64-default-linuxapp-gcc > 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...? - Panu -