From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40FD845B82; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:18:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2573840A80; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:17:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078D040652 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:17:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1213) id 64154211A5B1; Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:17:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com 64154211A5B1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1729865852; bh=Dvx78qGIcltzy9QZQxxAoG33ttm/bmZKBdcgo9HLIjk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=Hk5g4cmORk+k0Siumux3vbG3odVsXFQrb6vfzTi/KhpcEc9S8+itisMT2ZYT0oGqY 6NRCck5Ma9W0NroBfEA/DQraeoff9ts2aBr7JMxwNDe4g1R9L+NoNBDGgaEJ1HDpK5 6P2BG7arha8wGo2aRAq83YkrA0ca/YwYMIUx3wGY= From: Andre Muezerie To: Thomas Monjalon , Dmitry Kozlyuk , Tyler Retzlaff Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Andre Muezerie Subject: [PATCH] doc: enhanced build instructions on Windows Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:15:15 -0700 Message-Id: <1729865715-18711-2-git-send-email-andremue@linux.microsoft.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <1729865715-18711-1-git-send-email-andremue@linux.microsoft.com> References: <1729865715-18711-1-git-send-email-andremue@linux.microsoft.com> X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie --- .mailmap | 1 + doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap index 5290420..60db768 100644 --- a/.mailmap +++ b/.mailmap @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Anatolii Gerasymenko Anatoly Burakov Anbarasan Murugesan Anders Roxell +Andre Muezerie Andrea Arcangeli Andrea Grandi Andre Richter diff --git a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst index 708875c..c5fad81 100644 --- a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst +++ b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst @@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ A good option to choose is the MSI installer for both meson and ninja together:: http://mesonbuild.com/Getting-meson.html#installing-meson-and-ninja-with-the-msi-installer%22 -Required version is Meson 0.57. - -Versions starting from 0.58 are unusable with LLVM toolchain -because of a `Meson issue `_. +Meson version 0.58 was unusable with LLVM toolchain +because of an `issue `_, but +more recent versions are working fine. Install the Backend @@ -129,13 +128,20 @@ Depending on the distribution, paths in this file may need adjustments. Option 3. Native Build on Windows using MSVC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Open a 'Developer PowerShell for VS 2022' prompt from the start menu. +Open a 'Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt'. When doing so, it's recommended +to specify the Target Architecture (-arch) and the Host Architecture (-host_arch). The developer prompt will configure the environment to select the appropriate compiler, linker and SDK paths required to build with Visual Studio 2022. .. code-block:: console + "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" -host_arch=amd64 -arch=amd64 + +Compile the code from the developer prompt. + +.. code-block:: console + cd C:\Users\me\dpdk meson setup -Denable_stdatomic=true build meson compile -C build -- 1.8.3.1