[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] doc: introduce openwrt how-to guide

[Ye Xiaolong]

On 02/16, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>16/02/2020 18:29, Ye Xiaolong:
>> On 02/16, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> >18/01/2020 06:48, Xiaolong Ye:
>> >[...]
>> >> +    [binaries]
>> >> +    c = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-gcc'
>> >> +    cpp = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-cpp'
>> >> +    ar = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-ar'
>> >> +    strip = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-strip'
>> >> +
>> >> +    meson builddir --cross-file openwrt-cross
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>> >This is really a good example why meson should allow to override the toolchain prefix.
>> 
>> Not sure whether I get your point or not, do you mean meson should support
>> something like "cross = 'x86_64-openwrt-linux-'" in config file (just like the
>> CROSS_COMPILE for make build system),  so we don't need to override the build
>> tools one by one?
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>Yes, I think meson should support CROSS_COMPILE environment variable
>or a similar config option. I don't see the point of creating a new
>config file for each toolchain prefix.

Totally agree, I would try to work on this to make it happen.

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>> >> +    to /usr/lib64 in OpenWrt.
>> >
>> >libnuma is not packaged in OpenWrt?
>> 
>> Unfortunately not, I guess the reason maybe OpenWrt is mainly focused on low-end
>> embedded systems which don't have numa support. 
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>I would be nice to work on it in OpenWrt project then.

Make sense, I would submit a request to OpenWrt project.

Thanks,
Xiaolong

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