Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] devtools: fix build test config inheritance from env

[Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 4:51 PM Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:45:52AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 10/11/2020 11:14, Bruce Richardson:
> > > On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 10:00:08PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > PKG_CONFIG_PATH is specific to each target, so it must be empty
> > > > before configuring each build from the file according to DPDK_TARGET.
> > > > Inheriting a default PKG_CONFIG_PATH for all targets does not make sense
> > > > and is prone to confusion.
> > > >
> > > > DPDK_MESON_OPTIONS might take a global initial value from environment
> > > > to customize a build test from the shell. Example:
> > > >   DPDK_MESON_OPTIONS="b_lto=true"
> > > > Some target-specific options can be added in the configuration file:
> > > >   DPDK_MESON_OPTIONS="$DPDK_MESON_OPTIONS kernel_dir=$MYKERNEL"
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 272236741258 ("devtools: load target-specific compilation environment")
> > > > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > Patch looks fine, but I think the log (and comments in the code too,
> > > perhaps) should make it clear that the PKG_CONFIG_PATH can be set in the
> > > local config file, to make it available to the script.
> >
> > OK, I'll look at improving the "doc".
> > We could also provide a template for the config file.
> >
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Tested-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>



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