[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] devtools: add ppc64 in meson build test

David Christensen drc at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Jun 17 23:02:40 CEST 2020


> 16/06/2020 22:35, David Christensen:
>> Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> This script supports only builds from x86 Linux so far.
>>> This patch is adding cross-compilation of ppc from x86,
>>> and it works fine.
>>
>> Which distro and packages are used for testing?  I tried it with Ubuntu
>> 20.04 but the cross-compiler is named differently
>> (powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc instead of powerpc64le-linux-gcc).
> 
> I'm using a buildroot toolchain from bootlin:
> https://toolchains.bootlin.com/releases_powerpc64le-power8.html
> 
> If it is more common to have "gnu" in the prefix,
> no problem to change it in this patch.
> I can create "gnu" symbolic links in my toolchain.
> 
> Ideally I would like to have an option to specify the toolchain prefix
> with meson, instead of hardcoding it in a cross file.

If there's no defined distro where this tool is expected to be used I'd 
be happy with a comment in the cross file indicating which set of 
cross-compilers you chose for the implementation.

Reviewed-by: David Christensen <drc at linux.vnet.ibm.com>


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