RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update machine meson option in prog guide

["Juraj Linkeš" <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 2:41 PM
> To: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
> Cc: david.marchand@redhat.com; bruce.richardson@intel.com; dev@dpdk.org;
> honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com; Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: update machine meson option in prog
> guide
> 
> 11/10/2021 15:42, Juraj Linkeš:
> > Update the docs to reflect the two new variables, cpu_instruction_set
> > for non-arm builds and platform for arm builds.
> >
> > Fixes: bf66003b51ec ("build: use platform for generic and native
> > builds")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
> > ---
> > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst
> > -	meson -Dmachine=generic  # use builder-independent baseline -march
> > +	meson -Dcpu_instruction_set=generic  # use builder-independent
> > +					# baseline -march
> [...]
> >  .. note::
> > -        machine=generic uses a config that works on all supported architectures
> > -        regardless of the capabilities of the machine where the build is
> happening.
> > +        cpu_instruction_set=generic uses an instruction set that works on all
> > +        supported architectures regardless of the capabilities of the machine
> > +        where the build is happening.
> >
> > +.. note::
> > +       cpu_instruction_set is not used in Arm builds, as setting the instruction
> > +       set without other parameters leads to inferior builds. The way to tailor
> > +       Arm builds is to build for a SoC using -Dplatform=<SoC>.
> > +
> > +]
> 
> I assume this last line is a typo.

Yes, the square bracket shouldn't be there.

> 
> I would prefer having an Ack from Arm, but it did not happen.
> 
> Applied, thanks.
> 
> 

Thanks.