[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] build: add aarch64 clang to meson cross-compile

[Juraj Linkeš]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 11:22 AM
> To: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
> Cc: david.marchand at redhat.com; aconole at redhat.com;
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> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] build: add aarch64 clang to meson cross-
> compile
> 
> 20/01/2021 09:24, Juraj Linkeš:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > 19/01/2021 09:33, Juraj Linkeš:
> > > > Create meson cross-file arm64_armv8_linux_clang_ubuntu1804.
> > >
> > > Why is it specific to Ubuntu 18.04?
> > > I don't want to add specifc cross files per distributions.
> > >
> > > > Use clang/LLVM toolchain with sysroot pointing to gcc cross stdlib.
> > > >
> > > > The sysroot path must be in the cross-file so that Clang can find
> > > > the proper headers:
> > > > * setting CFLAGS, LDFLAGS or -Dc_args, -Dc_link_args doesn't
> > > > affect cross builds (only native builds). Support added in 0.51.0.
> > > > * setting pkg-config vars only affects lib searching, not includes
> > > > * splitting the cross-file into two (one with clang info, one with
> > > > paths) doesn't work. Support added in 0.52.0.
> > >
> > > I don't understand the explanations above.
> > > Please explain what is the bug and how it is fixed.
> > >
> >
> > I guess the missing piece is that the sysroot path is the ubuntu specific part.
> The explanations illustrate why we can't have a generic cross file with the
> current meson version - there's no way to pass the paths to cross builds. Now
> that I think about it, the commit message needs a rewrite - I should've
> mentioned that clang/llvm doesn't provide it's own standard c lib, so that has to
> come from elsewhere (such as gcc) and thus we have to provide the paths.
> 
> Can it be done with the option -Dc_args?
> 

Not in Meson 0.47.1, it's explained in the commit msg:
* setting CFLAGS, LDFLAGS or -Dc_args, -Dc_link_args doesn't 
affect cross builds (only native builds). Support added in 0.51.0.

> 
> > > [...]
> > > > +c_args = ['-target', 'aarch64-linux-gnu', '--sysroot',
> > > > +'/usr/aarch64-linux-gnu'] c_link_args = ['-target',
> > > > +'aarch64-linux-gnu', '-fuse-ld=lld', '--gcc-toolchain=/usr']
> 
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