Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] config: add Mellanox BlueField ARMv8 SoC

[Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>]

> On Jan 10, 2019, at 6:47 PM, Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China) <Gavin.Hu@arm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Yongseok Koh
>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 2:39 AM
>> To: thomas@monjalon.net
>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; shahafs@mellanox.com; jerinj@marvell.com
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] config: add Mellanox BlueField ARMv8 SoC
>> 
>> BlueField is Mellanox's new SoC based on ARMv8. BlueField integrates
>> Mellanox ConnectX-5 interconnect and Cortex-A72 cores into a single
>> device.
>> 
>> http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=256&mtag=s
>> oc_overview
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>
>> ---
>> 
>> v3:
>> * remove redundant mlx5 config items
>> 
>> v2:
>> * remove config items which can be used for external PCIe device
>> 
>> config/defconfig_arm64-bluefield-linuxapp-gcc | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 config/defconfig_arm64-bluefield-linuxapp-gcc
>> 
>> diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm64-bluefield-linuxapp-gcc
>> b/config/defconfig_arm64-bluefield-linuxapp-gcc
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..dd252c0e47
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/config/defconfig_arm64-bluefield-linuxapp-gcc
>> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
>> +# Copyright 2019 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
>> +#
>> +
>> +#include "defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc"
>> +
>> +# Mellanox BlueField
>> +CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM_TUNE="cortex-a72"
>> +
>> +CONFIG_RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES=1
>> +CONFIG_RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE=64
>> +
>> +# UMA architecture
>> +CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=n
>> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA=n
>> +
>> +# PMD for ConnectX-5
>> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y
>> --
>> 2.11.0
> 
> This is ok for make builds, meson build is also required, I think.

Thanks for the comment, Gavin.
Due to an issue [1], I will manage meson build by a separate patch [2].
Discussion is ongoing.

[1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/122441.html
[2] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/thread.html#122620

Thanks,
Yongseok