[PATCH v2 4/4] docs: add an example arm64 cross file
Juraj Linkeš
juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech
Tue Dec 7 12:05:09 CET 2021
The docs mention modifications and additions to the cross file, but
there is no demonstration of how those should look like.
Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
---
.../linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
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 6153bc5b77..78bf19882e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
@@ -137,6 +137,32 @@ Cross Compiling DPDK with GNU toolchain using Meson
ones, which have an extra "-none-" in their name. Please modify the cross
file binaries accordingly when using the downloaded cross compilers.
+ An example cross file with modified names and added numa paths would look
+ like this:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ [binaries]
+ c = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc'
+ cpp = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-cpp'
+ ar = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc-ar'
+ strip = 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip'
+ pkgconfig = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config' # the downloaded binaries
+ # don't contain a pkgconfig binary, so it's not modified
+ pcap-config = ''
+
+ [host_machine]
+ system = 'linux'
+ cpu_family = 'aarch64'
+ cpu = 'armv8-a'
+ endian = 'little'
+
+ [properties]
+ # Generate binaries that are portable across all Armv8 machines
+ platform = 'generic'
+ c_args = ['-I<numa_install_dir>/include'] # replace <numa_install_dir>
+ c_link_args = ['-L<numa_install_dir>/lib'] # with your path
+
To cross-compile DPDK on a desired target machine we can use the following
command::
--
2.20.1
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