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

Joyce Kong joyce.kong at arm.com
Sat Oct 12 04:40:14 CEST 2019


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 at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Joyce Kong <joyce.kong at 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
 
 Unzip and add into the PATH
 ---------------------------
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   tar -xvf gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
-   export PATH=$PATH:<cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin
+   tar -xvf gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
+   export PATH=$PATH:<cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ NUMA is required by most modern machines, not needed for non-NUMA architectures.
 
    git clone https://github.com/numactl/numactl.git
    cd numactl
-   git checkout v2.0.11 -b v2.0.11
    ./autogen.sh
    autoconf -i
    ./configure --host=aarch64-linux-gnu CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc --prefix=<numa install dir>
@@ -71,9 +70,9 @@ Copy the NUMA header files and lib to the cross compiler's directories:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   cp <numa_install_dir>/include/numa*.h <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/../aarch64-linux-gnu/libc/usr/include/
-   cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.a <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/8.2/
-   cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.so <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/8.2/
+   cp <numa_install_dir>/include/numa*.h <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/../aarch64-linux-gnu/libc/usr/include/
+   cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.a <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/8.3/
+   cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.so <cross_install_dir>/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/8.3/
 
 .. _configure_and_cross_compile_dpdk_build:
 
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