From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.101.70]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8707D4C99; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:18:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0C1018A; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from net-x86-supermicro-01.shanghai.arm.com (net-x86-supermicro-01.shanghai.arm.com [10.169.41.35]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D086A3F5BD; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:18:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Gavin Hu To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: gavin.hu@arm.com, Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com, stable@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:18:34 +0800 Message-Id: <1534263514-9816-1-git-send-email-gavin.hu@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 Subject: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] doc: add cross compile part for sample applications X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:18:57 -0000 Fixes: 7cacb05655 ("doc: add generic build instructions for sample apps") Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Gavin Hu Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli --- doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst index a2d75ed..c8cf1bd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ This section explains how to compile the DPDK sample applications. To compile all the sample applications -------------------------------------- - Set the path to DPDK source code if its not set: .. code-block:: console @@ -93,3 +92,18 @@ Build the application: export RTE_TARGET=build make + +To cross compile the sample application(s) +------------------------------------------ + +For cross compiling the sample application(s), please append 'CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER)' to the 'make' command. +For example: + + .. code-block:: console + + export RTE_TARGET=build + export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk + export CROSS_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc + make -C examples CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER) + or + make CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER) -- 2.7.4