From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A6A199AC for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:28:03 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Jan 2018 07:28:02 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,397,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="195308769" Received: from silpixa00399126.ir.intel.com (HELO silpixa00399126.ger.corp.intel.com) ([10.237.223.223]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jan 2018 07:28:01 -0800 From: Bruce Richardson To: john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com Cc: bluca@debian.org, dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, Bruce Richardson Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:14:13 +0000 Message-Id: <20180122151413.5316-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.14.3 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add release note entry for meson build 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: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:28:04 -0000 Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index 00b3224f3..cba8275a4 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -151,6 +151,20 @@ New Features renamed the application from SW PMD specific ``eventdev_pipeline_sw_pmd`` to PMD agnostic ``eventdev_pipeline``. +* **Added new DPDK build system using the tools "meson" and "ninja" [EXPERIMENTAL]** + + Added in support for building DPDK using ``meson`` and ``ninja``, which gives + additional features, such as automatic build-time configuration, over the + current build system using ``make``. For instructions on how to do a DPDK build + using the new system, see the instructions in ``doc/build-sdk-meson.txt``. + +.. note:: + + This new build system support is incomplete at this point and is added + as experimental in this release. The existing build system using ``make`` + is unaffected by these changes, and can continue to be used for this + and subsequent releases until such time as it's deprecation is announced. + API Changes ----------- -- 2.14.3