[EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] common/ml: add initial files for ML common code

[Srikanth Yalavarthi]

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> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Sent: 21 December 2022 00:35
> To: Srikanth Yalavarthi <syalavarthi at marvell.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; dev at dpdk.org; Shivah
> Shankar Shankar Narayan Rao <sshankarnara at marvell.com>; Jerin Jacob
> Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>; Anup Prabhu <aprabhu at marvell.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] common/ml: add initial files for ML
> common code
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> On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:52:53 -0800
> Srikanth Yalavarthi <syalavarthi at marvell.com> wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/common/ml/meson.build
> > b/drivers/common/ml/meson.build new file mode 100644 index
> > 0000000000..b0ecc42668
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/common/ml/meson.build
> > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause # Copyright (c) 2022 Marvell.
> > +
> > +if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')
> > +    build = false
> > +    reason = 'only supported on 64-bit Linux'
> > +    subdir_done()
> > +endif
> > +
> 
> Why only x86? and why only linux?
Common/ml is added as a dependency to ml/cnxk driver which is currently supported on Linux only.
We can enable Windows support if needed at a later stage.