RE: [PATCH v2 4/4] docs: add an example arm64 cross file

[Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 7:05 PM
> To: thomas@monjalon.net; david.marchand@redhat.com; Honnappa
> Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>; Ruifeng Wang
> <Ruifeng.Wang@arm.com>; ferruh.yigit@intel.com; jerinjacobk@gmail.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] docs: add an example arm64 cross file
> 
> The docs mention modifications and additions to the cross file, but there is
> no demonstration of how those should look like.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
> ---
>  .../linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst  | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
> index 6153bc5b77..78bf19882e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
> @@ -137,6 +137,32 @@ Cross Compiling DPDK with GNU toolchain using
> Meson
>     ones, which have an extra "-none-" in their name. Please modify the cross
>     file binaries accordingly when using the downloaded cross compilers.
> 
> +   An example cross file with modified names and added numa paths would
> look
> +   like this:
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +   [binaries]
> +   c = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc'
> +   cpp = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-cpp'
> +   ar = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc-ar'
> +   strip = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip'
> +   pkgconfig = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config' # the downloaded binaries
> +      # don't contain a pkgconfig binary, so it's not modified
> +   pcap-config = ''
> +
> +   [host_machine]
> +   system = 'linux'
> +   cpu_family = 'aarch64'
> +   cpu = 'armv8-a'
> +   endian = 'little'
> +
> +   [properties]
> +   # Generate binaries that are portable across all Armv8 machines
> +   platform = 'generic'
> +   c_args = ['-I<numa_install_dir>/include']  # replace <numa_install_dir>
> +   c_link_args = ['-L<numa_install_dir>/lib'] # with your path
> +
>  To cross-compile DPDK on a desired target machine we can use the following
>  command::
> 
> --
> 2.20.1
Acked-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>