[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] doc/patches: add meson build to contributing guide

[Vipin Varghese]

Patches has to be validated for meson devtool script for
code and document changes. Updating documentation for meson
build steps in checking Compilation category.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese at intel.com>
Tested-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>
Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic at intel.com>
---

V4:
 - spelling correction for Compilation - Thomas Monjalon
 - restored double space for new header - Thomas Monjalon
 - reword the meson compilation content - Vipin Varghese
 - Added 'tested' and 'acked' from - Marko Kovacevic

V3:
 removed extra character - Vipin Varghese

V2:
 updated the meson build options - Bruce Richardson
---
 doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a64bb0368..e9048bbc0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -473,6 +473,14 @@ The recommended configurations and options to test compilation prior to submitti
    export DPDK_DEP_PCAP=y
    export DPDK_DEP_SSL=y
 
+Compilation of patches is to be tested with ``test-meson-builds.sh`` script
+in ``devtools`` directory of the DPDK repo::
+
+   devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
+
+The script internally checks for dependencies and tool chain. Then builds with
+shared and static libraries for Linux and BSD targets.
+
 
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