Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] doc: add contributors guide

["Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 10:35 PM
> To: Mcnamara, John
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] doc: add contributors guide
> 
> Thanks for this very useful doc, John.
> 
> 2015-11-20 12:46, John McNamara:
> > +* Run ``make install``, ``make examples`` and ``make test`` and build
> > +the shared and combined libraries
> > +  to ensure the changes haven't broken existing code:
> > +
> > +  .. code-block:: console
> > +
> > +     export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > +
> > +     make T=$RTE_TARGET install
> > +     make T=$RTE_TARGET install CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y \
> > +                                CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=y
> > +     make T=$RTE_TARGET examples
> > +     make T=$RTE_TARGET test
> 
> These commands are superseded by a new syntax and may be replaced by the
> use of the script test-build.sh.

Hi,

I'll make these, and the other changes. I'll put the checkpatch and build testing in their own sections since they are referred to from more than one place and it will probably be useful to link to them directly.

John.
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