[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] build: alias default build as generic

[Honnappa Nagarahalli]

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> 
> The current machine='default' build name is not descriptive. The actual
> default build is machine='native'. Add an alternative string which does the
> same build and better describes what we're building:
> machine='generic'. Leave machine='default' for backwards compatibility.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
> ---
>  config/arm/meson.build | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
>  config/meson.build     |  6 +++---
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build index
> b49203fa8..491842cad 100644
> --- a/config/arm/meson.build
> +++ b/config/arm/meson.build
> @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause  # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel
> Corporation.
>  # Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
> +# Copyright(c) 2020 PANTHEON.tech s.r.o.
> 
>  # for checking defines we need to use the correct compiler flags  march_opt
> = '-march=@0@'.format(machine)
> 
>  arm_force_native_march = false
> -arm_force_default_march = (machine == 'default')
> +arm_force_generic_march = (machine == 'generic')
> 
>  flags_common_default = [
>  	# Accelarate rte_memcpy. Be sure to run unit test
> (memcpy_perf_autotest) @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ flags_octeontx2_extra = [
>  	['RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO', false],
>  	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', true]]
> 
> -machine_args_generic = [
> +machine_args_default = [
Is this change required? 'machine_args_generic' aligns much better with 'machine == generic' (change in the file config/meson.build below)

>  	['default', ['-march=armv8-a+crc', '-moutline-atomics']],
>  	['native', ['-march=native']],
>  	['0xd03', ['-mcpu=cortex-a53']],
> @@ -113,20 +114,20 @@ machine_args_emag = [
>  	['native', ['-march=native']]]
> 
>  ## Arm implementer ID (ARM DDI 0487C.a, Section G7.2.106, Page G7-5321)
> -impl_generic = ['Generic armv8', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x41 = ['Arm', flags_arm, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x42 = ['Broadcom', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> +impl_generic = ['Generic armv8', flags_generic, machine_args_default]
> +impl_0x41 = ['Arm', flags_arm, machine_args_default]
> +impl_0x42 = ['Broadcom', flags_generic, machine_args_default]
>  impl_0x43 = ['Cavium', flags_cavium, machine_args_cavium]
> -impl_0x44 = ['DEC', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x49 = ['Infineon', flags_generic, machine_args_generic] -impl_0x4d =
> ['Motorola', flags_generic, machine_args_generic] -impl_0x4e = ['NVIDIA',
> flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> +impl_0x44 = ['DEC', flags_generic, machine_args_default]
> +impl_0x49 = ['Infineon', flags_generic, machine_args_default] impl_0x4d
> += ['Motorola', flags_generic, machine_args_default] impl_0x4e =
> +['NVIDIA', flags_generic, machine_args_default]
>  impl_0x50 = ['Ampere Computing', flags_emag, machine_args_emag]
> -impl_0x51 = ['Qualcomm', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x53 = ['Samsung', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x56 = ['Marvell ARMADA', flags_armada, machine_args_generic]
> -impl_0x69 = ['Intel', flags_generic, machine_args_generic] -impl_dpaa =
> ['NXP DPAA', flags_dpaa, machine_args_generic]
> +impl_0x51 = ['Qualcomm', flags_generic, machine_args_default]
> +impl_0x53 = ['Samsung', flags_generic, machine_args_default]
> +impl_0x56 = ['Marvell ARMADA', flags_armada, machine_args_default]
> +impl_0x69 = ['Intel', flags_generic, machine_args_default] impl_dpaa =
> +['NXP DPAA', flags_dpaa, machine_args_default]
> 
>  dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_ARM', 1)
>  dpdk_conf.set('RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS', 1) @@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ else
>  	cmd_generic = ['generic', '', '', 'default', '']
>  	cmd_output = cmd_generic # Set generic by default
>  	machine_args = [] # Clear previous machine args
> -	if arm_force_default_march and not meson.is_cross_build()
> +	if arm_force_generic_march and not meson.is_cross_build()
>  		machine = impl_generic
>  		impl_pn = 'default'
>  	elif not meson.is_cross_build()
> diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build index
> 258b01d06..918ca2dfb 100644
> --- a/config/meson.build
> +++ b/config/meson.build
> @@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ else
>  	machine = get_option('machine')
>  endif
> 
> -# machine type 'default' is special, it defaults to the per arch agreed
> common
> +# machine type 'generic' is special, it defaults to the per arch agreed
> +common
>  # minimal baseline needed for DPDK.
>  # That might not be the most optimized, but the most portable version while
> # still being able to support the CPU features required for DPDK.
>  # This can be bumped up by the DPDK project, but it can never be an  #
> invariant like 'native'
Nit, may be it is worth mentioning that 'default' is allowed for backward compatibility?

> -if machine == 'default'
> +if machine == 'default' or machine == 'generic'
>  	if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86')
>  		# matches the old pre-meson build systems default
>  		machine = 'corei7'
> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if machine == 'default'
>  		machine = 'armv7-a'
>  	elif host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('aarch')
>  		# arm64 manages defaults in config/arm/meson.build
> -		machine = 'default'
> +		machine = 'generic'
>  	elif host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('ppc')
>  		machine = 'power8'
>  	endif
> --
> 2.20.1