Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update cross build tool links and fix compiling issue

["Joyce Kong (Arm Technology China)" <Joyce.Kong@arm.com>]

Hi Jerin,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:04 PM
> To: Joyce Kong (Arm Technology China) <Joyce.Kong@arm.com>
> Cc: dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>; nd <nd@arm.com>; thomas@monjalon.net;
> jerinj@marvell.com; Honnappa Nagarahalli
> <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>; Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China)
> <Gavin.Hu@arm.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update cross build tool links and fix
> compiling issue
> 
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 8:10 AM Joyce Kong <joyce.kong@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Update cross build tool links as newer cross build tools version are
> > provided on Linaro.
> > And remove the command 'git checkout' which results in compiling error
> > when cross building.
> >
> > Fixes: 01add9da25cd ("doc: add cross compiling guide")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joyce Kong <joyce.kong@arm.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst | 15
> > +++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > 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 28a8e09..09f1ab0 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
> > @@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ Obtain the cross tool chain  The latest cross
> > compile tool chain can be downloaded from:
> >  https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-a/downloads.
> >
> > -Following is the step to get the version 8.2, latest one at the time of this
> writing.
> > +Following is the step to get the version 8.3, latest one at the time of this
> writing.
> >
> >  .. code-block:: console
> >
> > -   wget https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-a/8.2-
> 2019.01/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> > +   wget
> > + https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-a/8.3-
> 2019.03/
> > + binrel/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> 
> Could you use the URL with "latest" as softlink so that we don't need to
> update this page as when a new toolchain released?
> 
> Since it owned by ARM, if the soft link scheme does not exist on the
> "https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads", I hope it can be
> added. It will be a good addition. Thoughts?

As the latest soft link doesn't exist, I changed the cross building example from
8.3 to a common description like gcc-arm-<version>-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.