[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] uverbs with static libraries

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <roland at topspin.com>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] uverbs with static libraries
> 
>     Michael> You also need the patch below to enable static libraries.
>     Michael> Then when you link you must pass
> 
>     Michael>  -u openib_driver_init -rdynamic
> 
>     Michael> to gcc, to pull in the driver library.

By the way, any ideas on how to make this step easier for
users of the static library?

>     Michael> Roland, please let me know whether you plan to
>     Michael> apply this and the previous patch.
> 
> I was waiting to see what changes you required to libmthca.  However I
> don't really see the point of deleting AC_DISABLE_STATIC -- if someone
> wants a static library then all that's required is passing
> "--enable-static" to the configure script.  What am I missing?

Does this work for you? Is mthca.a created?

This does not seem to work for me - static library isnt
created unless I remove the AC_DISABLE_STATIC.

Put another way - whats the harm in always building the
static version as well? Other libraries (e.g. libibverbs)
build both static and shared versions by default.

> I guess I will apply the patch to libibverbs to call openib_driver_init
> if it's linked in directly.
> 
>  - R.
> 

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MST - Michael S. Tsirkin