Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2 v2] build: add option to override max ethports

[Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com>]

On 2/4/19 4:49 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 06:53:25PM -0500, Chas Williams wrote:
>> Allow users and packagers to override the default RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS.
>> This adds a new meson option, max_ethports which defaults to the
>> current value.
>>
> 
> Actually in this v2, you have changed it to 64 from 32. :-) Otherwise all
> fine, but perhaps this can be fixed on apply if no v3.

Oops. I can make it 32 again.

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com>
>> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
>> ---
>>   config/meson.build  | 1 +
>>   config/rte_config.h | 1 -
>>   meson_options.txt   | 2 ++
>>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
>> index db32499b3..e59507065 100644
>> --- a/config/meson.build
>> +++ b/config/meson.build
>> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ endforeach
>>   # set other values pulled from the build options
>>   dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_LCORE', get_option('max_lcores'))
>>   dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', get_option('max_numa_nodes'))
>> +dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS', get_option('max_ethports'))
>>   dpdk_conf.set('RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET', get_option('use_hpet'))
>>   dpdk_conf.set('RTE_EAL_ALLOW_INV_SOCKET_ID', get_option('allow_invalid_socket_id'))
>>   # values which have defaults which may be overridden
>> diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
>> index d3732e953..7606f5d7b 100644
>> --- a/config/rte_config.h
>> +++ b/config/rte_config.h
>> @@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
>>   #define RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM 128
>>   
>>   /* ether defines */
>> -#define RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS 32
>>   #define RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT 1024
>>   #define RTE_ETHDEV_QUEUE_STAT_CNTRS 16
>>   #define RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS 1
>> diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
>> index 574054597..499573ed4 100644
>> --- a/meson_options.txt
>> +++ b/meson_options.txt
>> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ option('lib_musdk_dir', type: 'string', value: '',
>>   	description: 'path to the MUSDK library installation directory')
>>   option('machine', type: 'string', value: 'native',
>>   	description: 'set the target machine type')
>> +option('max_ethports', type: 'string', value: '64',
>> +	description: 'maximum number of Ethernet devices in EAL')
>>   option('max_lcores', type: 'string', value: '128',
>>   	description: 'maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL')
>>   option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'string', value: '4',
>> -- 
>> 2.17.2
>>