From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79B33A0A05; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:08:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C89140DF0; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:08:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from new3-smtp.messagingengine.com (new3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.229]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BCE4140DEF for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:08:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailnew.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52FB9580612; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:08:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:08:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm3; bh= obTIYGBCzHrcsY0pqOHPGgjsJFZs7VCXvlo3y5WdXoc=; b=EL4Gc3a7HEWDc2M9 uLk3tDeUg0zoaiMUrg7feQ9ispBeqaaxvOLzEi1g2cT4FpoNKHomAHFJ9pRYXEhj MCFT0S9hw35dne1or+DXg4C/6yyeMWrR4oXy6A0xn9E9ryPwyD1aM/i1WQ6p/uV3 XJTuNiHs6gzdq5vyoH2r3XkGaXqoZCOo5gJ4Qfs4xbGtPd+BMZ6HX4fTBQM9nYXu uN37DEnoQtqk4qng1BbEfy4CCFOnNaOJI4xMoG8xFzpwvj/Etkh+azAFmWbb9jBE 387ZQZltZx7AdzIdBm6ww05WVJ2fz45R7hd4V6gW3r6KO/IYq6eFc9coMOAMB2s+ sKXJ7Q== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=obTIYGBCzHrcsY0pqOHPGgjsJFZs7VCXvlo3y5WdX oc=; b=pcMqJ6CToWz7SN/BxlXb5KTtHsxJEfur7GCsrU0NHcobnJqZxOHX5AGf1 ueGzLcdJu2LNqRAgqnTboX5259lAg4KpAohE434pGfhO/3odMLTfHwMxhJHd7HpR 9QhoFTw7ffwLCmAJ89acKrTvrtzWznKsuP71ZdUy5wFtqkFeoT/GwSKdQk33KiiP XcTvge0NriiahPGiUC1qjQE2okmXW7tWhxQjm8J7X8BlqWK/B8qJkTrTxM/bMhkX 9JZ9aFxCoGrBZy8QChgY/l5y+TPG7Ubzn1fWMkE8xbRr/01xJy+OOaVkvls+i4ET SBNx9AKRzUyJEHNkJ55cLcwfudfEg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledruddugdefvdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpefhvffufffkjghfggfgtgesthhqredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghs ucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtf frrghtthgvrhhnpedvkeetveeihfegfedtfeejueekkeekueevgfejuedviedvvdevuefg teevtdefveenucffohhmrghinhepughpughkrdhorhhgnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvd dtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhr ohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 638711080059; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:08:18 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Bruce Richardson , Honnappa Nagarahalli , Juraj =?utf-8?B?TGlua2XFoQ==?= Cc: Ruifeng Wang , Phil Yang , "vcchunga@amazon.com" , Dharmik Thakkar , "jerinjacobk@gmail.com" , "hemant.agrawal@nxp.com" , "Ajit Khaparde (ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com)" , "ferruh.yigit@intel.com" , "aboyer@pensando.io" , "dev@dpdk.org" , nd Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:08:17 +0100 Message-ID: <7109596.7yRU7pZuVG@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <1608724059-8562-1-git-send-email-juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech> <20210119160418.GF1786@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 11/12] build: add Arm SoC meson option X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 20/01/2021 02:04, Honnappa Nagarahalli: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 04:52:19PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 19/01/2021 15:56, Juraj Linke=C5=A1: > > > > From: Thomas Monjalon > > > > > 15/01/2021 14:26, Juraj Linke=C5=A1: > > > > > > --- a/meson_options.txt > > > > > > +++ b/meson_options.txt > > > > > > +option('arm_soc', type: 'string', value: '', > > > > > > + description: 'Specify if you want to build for a particular > > > > > > +aarch64 Arm SoC when building on an aarch64 machine.') > > > > > > > > > > Why the option is named "arm_soc" and not just "soc"? > > > > > The same option could be used by other archs, isn't it? > > > > > > > > Agree that a more generic name would be better. > > > > I'll change it to "soc" if there are no other suggestions. > > > > > > Another name could be "machine". > > > Should it be the same mechanism as compiling for a specific x86 CPU > > > from an x86 machine? > > > > > I'd rather not re-use the term "machine", for a new use, better to use = a new > > term IMHO. > +1, agree. 'soc' sounds good to me. Another possible word is "platform", as in http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/platform/index.html