[openib-general] Problem with userspace tree structure

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Thu Dec 23 10:40:04 PST 2004


Hello!
Quoting r. Roland Dreier (roland at topspin.com) "Re: [openib-general] Problem with userspace tree structure":
>     Robert> I don't have any objection.  My only suggestion would be
>     Robert> to have a structure where someone can easily build all of
>     Robert> the components from a top level Makefile or easily build
>     Robert> each individual component.
> 
> Yes, each subdirectory of userspace should be set up with autotools so
> a standard "./configure && make && make install" is all that's needed.
> 
>  - R.

The problem is that the autotools files are generated, so having
them in svn is a problem - conflicts cant be resolved properly -
while not having them in svn is a problem - you require all users
to have autotools to build.

mst



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