Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/4] build: install igb_uio kernel module when building with Meson

[Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>]

On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 11:15 +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:20:29AM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > Install in $kerneldir/../extra/dpdk. Usually $kerneldir should
> > something
> > like: /lib/modules/$kver/build, so this directory will match the
> > default
> > one used by legacy makefiles.
> > 
> > Fixes: a52f4574f798 ("igb_uio: build with meson")
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
> > ---
> >  kernel/linux/igb_uio/meson.build | 2 ++
> >  meson_options.txt                | 2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/linux/igb_uio/meson.build
> > b/kernel/linux/igb_uio/meson.build
> > index 71ed2e7a85..f5a9d5ccf3 100644
> > --- a/kernel/linux/igb_uio/meson.build
> > +++ b/kernel/linux/igb_uio/meson.build
> > @@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ custom_target('igb_uio',
> >  			'/../../../lib/librte_eal/common/include',
> >  		'modules'],
> >  	depends: mkfile,
> > +	install: true,
> > +	install_dir: kernel_dir + '/../extra/dpdk',
> >  	build_by_default: get_option('enable_kmods'))
> > diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
> > index c843278587..f452986da3 100644
> > --- a/meson_options.txt
> > +++ b/meson_options.txt
> > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ option('examples', type: 'string', value: '',
> >  option('include_subdir_arch', type: 'string', value: '',
> >  	description: 'subdirectory where to install arch-dependent 
> > headers')
> >  option('kernel_dir', type: 'string', value: '',
> > -	description: 'path to the kernel for building kernel
> > modules')
> > +	description: 'path to the kernel for building kernel
> > modules, they will be installed in
> > $prefix/$kernel_dir/../extra/dpdk')
> 
> Will $prefix be used in the install path? I thought it would be
> $DEST_DIR?

Yeah it was meant as a pseudo-variable :-)

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi