[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v15 11/12] build: add Arm SoC meson option

[Thomas Monjalon]

15/01/2021 14:26, Juraj Linkeš:
> Add Arm SoC configuration to Arm meson.build and add a meson option to
> enable those options for native builds. This is preferable to
> specifying a cross file when doing aarch64 -> aarch64 builds, since the
> cross file specifies the toolchain as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
> Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli at arm.com>
[...]
> --- a/config/arm/arm64_graviton2_linux_gcc
> +++ b/config/arm/arm64_graviton2_linux_gcc
>  [properties]
> -implementor_id = '0x41'
> -implementor_pn = '0xd0c'
> -max_lcores = 64
> -max_numa_nodes = 1
> -numa = false
> +soc = 'graviton2'
[...]
> --- a/meson_options.txt
> +++ b/meson_options.txt
> +option('arm_soc', type: 'string', value: '',
> +	description: 'Specify if you want to build for a particular aarch64 Arm SoC when building on an aarch64 machine.')

This is more elegant, I like how cross and native share almost the same option.

Why the option is named "arm_soc" and not just "soc"?
The same option could be used by other archs, isn't it?