Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/5] meson: add infra to support machine specific flags

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

09/01/2019 11:39, Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula:
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> 
> Currently, RTE_* flags are set based on the implementer ID but there might
> be some micro arch specific differences from the same vendor
> eg. CACHE_LINESIZE.
> Add support to set micro arch specific flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@marvell.com>
> ---
>  flags_cavium = [
> -	['RTE_MACHINE', '"thunderx"'],
>  	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 128],
>  	['RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', 2],
>  	['RTE_MAX_LCORE', 96],
> -	['RTE_MAX_VFIO_GROUPS', 128],
> -	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', false]]
> +	['RTE_MAX_VFIO_GROUPS', 128]]
[...]
> +flags_thunderx_extra = [
> +	['RTE_MACHINE', '"thunderx"'],
> +	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', false]]
[..]
> +machine_args_cavium = [
> +	['default', ['-march=armv8-a+crc+crypto','-mcpu=thunderx']],
> +	['native', ['-march=native']],
> +	['0xa1', ['-mcpu=thunderxt88'], flags_thunderx_extra],
> +	['0xa2', ['-mcpu=thunderxt81'], flags_thunderx_extra],
> +	['0xa3', ['-mcpu=thunderxt83'], flags_thunderx_extra]]

This patch is not only adding infra, it also change some Cavium config.
What about splitting, and explaining the change of RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL?