Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] doc: introduce openwrt how-to guide

[Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>]

On 02/17, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
>> On 02/16, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> >16/02/2020 18:29, Ye Xiaolong:  
>> >> On 02/16, Thomas Monjalon wrote:  
>> >> >18/01/2020 06:48, Xiaolong Ye:
>> >> >[...]  
>> >> >> +    [binaries]
>> >> >> +    c = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-gcc'
>> >> >> +    cpp = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-cpp'
>> >> >> +    ar = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-ar'
>> >> >> +    strip = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-strip'
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    meson builddir --cross-file openwrt-cross  
>> >> >
>> >> >This is really a good example why meson should allow to override the toolchain prefix.  
>> >> 
>> >> Not sure whether I get your point or not, do you mean meson should support
>> >> something like "cross = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-'" in config file (just like the
>> >> CROSS_COMPILE for make build system),  so we don't need to override the build
>> >> tools one by one?  
>> >
>> >Yes, I think meson should support CROSS_COMPILE environment variable
>> >or a similar config option. I don't see the point of creating a new
>> >config file for each toolchain prefix.  
>> 
>> Totally agree, I would try to work on this to make it happen.
>
>You might be interested in this PR and its discussion:
>https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/5859

Thanks for the info, I'll look into it.


Thanks,
Xiaolong
>
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>Dmitry Kozlyuk