From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D607C1B1B6 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 16:40:34 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 09 Jan 2018 07:40:33 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,336,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="165384852" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.77]) by orsmga004.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 09 Jan 2018 07:40:30 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:40:29 +0000 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 15:40:29 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: Shreyansh Jain Cc: dev@dpdk.org, bluca@debian.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, harry.van.haaren@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, thomas@monjalon.net Message-ID: <20180109154029.GA8000@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20171221161226.198837-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <417cb993-de79-2f8f-02a7-5649299946c5@nxp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <417cb993-de79-2f8f-02a7-5649299946c5@nxp.com> Organization: Intel Research and Development Ireland Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add instructions on build using meson X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:40:35 -0000 On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:46:34AM +0530, Shreyansh Jain wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > some trivial comments inline... > > On Thursday 21 December 2017 09:42 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote: > > Add a document describing how to configure, build and install DPDK using > > meson and ninja. Document includes references to official installation docs > > using make, and points out the experimental nature of the build. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson > > --- > > INSTALL.meson | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Just out of curiosity, why not make it a rst file, as part of standard DPDK > documentation? Or, maybe until meson is experimental this readme can suffice > - but, we should have rst eventually - isn't it. > Eventually this should be merged into the GSG doc, once it's more complete and less experimental. However, for V2, I will move this doc into the "doc/" subdirectory where there is a "build-sdk-quick.txt" doc, and rename this as "build-sdk-meson.txt". As for the other comments, they will be fixed in V2. Thanks for the good review. /Bruce