[EXTERNAL] [PATCH] config/arm: fix meson for native instruction set Arm CPUs

[Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula]

> Hi Gregory,
> 
> > Arm meson.build unconditionally relays on the `extra_features`
> > member of SoC configuration.
> >
> > SoC dictionary is populated for Arm CPUs with generic instruction set
> > only.
> > For Arm CPUs with native CPU instruction set the SoC dictionary is
> > empty.
> >
> > meson setup failed for the BlueField-3 because it belongs to
> > the native Arm CPU instruction set.
> >
> > The patch adds global definition for extra_features.
> >
> > Fixes: 7829776d0abf ("config/arm: add extra -march features")
> > Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson at nvidia.com>

Acked-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

> > ---
> >  config/arm/meson.build | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
> > index a97a28ebb7..f971ed3c1b 100644
> > --- a/config/arm/meson.build
> > +++ b/config/arm/meson.build
> > @@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS', 1)
> >
> >  update_flags = false
> >  soc_flags = []
> > +extra_features = []
> 

I re-checked with arm64 native compilation and see the issue.

Thanks, 
Pavan.

> We do set the default to be [] when extra_march_features is not found
> In soc_config.
> 
> extra_features = soc_config.get('extra_march_features', [])
> 
> I have tested cross build[1] of bluefield3 with  both meson 1.7.0 and 0.61.2
> and didn’t see any failure which version of meson are you using?
> 
> [1]meson build --cross-file config/arm/arm64_bluefield3_linux_gcc
> 
> Thanks,
> Pavan.
> 
> 
> >  if dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_32')
> >      # 32-bit build
> >      dpdk_conf.set('RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 64)
> > --
> > 2.45.2