[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] build: port arm32 options from make to meson

[Juraj Linkeš]

Hi Luca,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 1:45 PM
> To: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>; bruce.richardson at intel.com;
> aconole at redhat.com; maicolgabriel at hotmail.com; Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] build: port arm32 options from make to
> meson
> 
> On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 11:03 +0200, Juraj Linkeš wrote:
> > config/defconfig_arm-armv7a-linux-gcc contains a number of
> > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ options. Implement those in applicable meson.build
> > files.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ark/meson.build     | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/avp/meson.build     | 5 +++++
> >  drivers/net/cxgbe/meson.build   | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/e1000/meson.build   | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/enic/meson.build    | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/fm10k/meson.build   | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/hinic/meson.build   | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/i40e/meson.build    | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/ionic/meson.build   | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/ixgbe/meson.build   | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/qede/meson.build    | 6 ++++++
> >  drivers/net/vmxnet3/meson.build | 6 ++++++
> >  lib/librte_vhost/meson.build    | 2 +-
> >  13 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> This is disabling a lot of drivers that are building just fine on armv7 at the
> moment, and thus it is a backward-incomaptible change.
> 
> Eg:
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/armhf/librte-pmd-cxgbe20.0/filelist
> 
> --
> Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>

I guess that means config/defconfig_arm-armv7a-linux-gcc is outdated? I've tried to build all of the drivers and they build except for ixgbe. Seeing as https://packages.debian.org/sid/armhf/libs/librte-pmd-ixgbe20.0 exists, would disabling ixgbe be also a backwards incompatible change?

Thanks,
Juraj