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 885A845C00; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:46:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D70A427A1; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:46:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBA842788 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:46:09 +0100 (CET) Received: by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1213) id 7A37C211F5EA; Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:46:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com 7A37C211F5EA DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1730144768; bh=ynxB2JYRBCPlvAhvvcTlXwynigC3XgqRYufo5n4B2to=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=jdxgLKB5nNtaQdVWnb4g6Jqzk8sP6W6qTl0P1aQCF6kw7/B97mlkNxMNwP216iIdp eAiy7q7808QNYe3KfPEp7rKm1LbGRvdKuv9VrCi3l5w1EOlhvvIHVkTUFN/5fkbRJY kACYes8hq4lzfTUlTH3j30n7trJmQnaP+AKnZKOA= From: Andre Muezerie To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Andre Muezerie Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: enhance build instructions on Windows Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:45:49 -0700 Message-Id: <1730144749-25447-1-git-send-email-andremue@linux.microsoft.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <20241027000318.6898e3c9@sovereign> References: <20241027000318.6898e3c9@sovereign> 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 Enhance build instructions on Windows Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie --- v3: - Recommended Meson version to use and removed mention about old bug. - Set VS developer prompt to produce 64 bit binaries if needed. v2: - provide Meson version that works .mailmap | 1 + doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 15 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..c81a818 100644 --- a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst +++ b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst @@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ 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 1.5.2 or newer is recommended. Install the Backend @@ -129,11 +126,23 @@ 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'. The developer prompt will configure the environment to select the appropriate compiler, linker and SDK paths required to build with Visual Studio 2022. +Windows 32-bit is currently not supported, so if your Visual Studio environment defaults +to 32-bits you can instruct the toolset to produce 64-bit binaries using "-arch" parameter. +For more details about the Developer Prompt options look at the `Visual Studio Developer +Command Prompt and Developer PowerShell +`_. + +.. code-block:: console + + "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" -arch=amd64 + +Compile the code from the developer prompt. + .. code-block:: console cd C:\Users\me\dpdk -- 1.8.3.1