2017-04-13 12:11, Shreyansh Jain: > On Thursday 13 April 2017 01:25 AM, Olivier MATZ wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:31:56 +0200 > > Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monja...@6wind.com> wrote: > > > >> 2017-04-12 11:31, Richardson, Bruce: > >>> > > [...] > > >> > >> I think the default mempool could be linked. > >> I don't know how easy it is to transform > >> CONFIG_RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_OPS="ring_mp_mc" > >> into > >> -lrte_mempool_ring > >> > >> Anyone for a patch? > > > > This is the default mempool for the mbufs, selected when using the > > function rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(). > > > > For non-mbuf mempools, the default is to use the ring handler (see > > in rte_mempool_create()). > > > > So if we want option 2-, it looks that moving this line in rte.app.mk > > above, outside the if (shared build), would do the job: > > > > _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_DRIVER_MEMPOOL_RING) += -lrte_mempool_ring > > > > I think both 2- and 3- are acceptable. People using the shared library > > mode should already provide all the .so in a known location, so that > > they are loaded by default. This is needed for the PMDs for instance. > > > > I can send the patch; > before that, should this fact, that ring is included by default, is to > be documented somewhere?
Yes good idea. Instead of "included", you could say "linked" without the need for -d option. But actually, the mempool drivers are not documented. We should totally update this section: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.html#mempool-handlers So it should be another patch.