[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: add drivers_install_subdir meson option

[Luca Boccassi]

Allow users and packagers to override the default dpdk/drivers
subdirectory where the PMDs get installed under $lib.

Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
---
 meson.build       | 3 ++-
 meson_options.txt | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c9af33532d..123e3e81d6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ dpdk_libraries = []
 dpdk_drivers = []
 dpdk_extra_ldflags = []
 
-driver_install_path = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'dpdk/drivers')
+driver_install_path = join_paths(get_option('libdir'),
+	get_option('drivers_install_subdir'))
 eal_pmd_path = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), driver_install_path)
 
 # configure the build, and make sure configs here and in config folder are
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index cb58b1b607..0834ae364e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 option('allow_invalid_socket_id', type: 'boolean', value: false,
 	description: 'allow out-of-range NUMA socket id\'s for platforms that don\'t report the value correctly')
+option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: 'dpdk/drivers',
+	description: 'subdirectory of libdir where to install PMDs')
 option('enable_driver_mlx_glue', type: 'boolean', value: false,
 	description: 'Enable glue library for Mellanox ConnectX-3/4/5 NIC PMD')
 option('enable_kmods', type: 'boolean', value: true,
-- 
2.19.0