[PATCH 0/3] Fix xmm_t to rte_xmm_t scalar conversion

[Thomas Monjalon]

21/06/2022 11:49, Bruce Richardson:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 11:42:55AM +0200, Stanisław Kardach wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 11:39 AM Bruce Richardson
> > <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > Generally the "cpp" binary is not the c-plus-plus one, but the C
> > > preprocessor one. Perhaps the original files are incorrect here, and should
> > > all refer to g++.
> > >
> > > /Bruce
> > >
> > That does make sense. I'll submit a separate patchset fixing all
> > occurrences (of which there are many).
> >
> 
> As a more general note for future consideration, I notice that in meson
> 0.56 the cross-file support has been enhanced with the ability to use
> constants and therefore separate out prefixes.[1]
> 
> When we get to the point where we feel we can mandate meson 0.56 upwards
> for cross compilation, we should look to leverage this. It should even
> allow other scripts such as test-meson-builds to auto-generate the constant
> paths to the binaries on the fly, effectively allowing the use of
> environment variables for these - something previously requested by Thomas.

That would be great.
Cross compilation prefix is such a basic thing, we should handle it properly.

> [1] https://mesonbuild.com/Machine-files.html#constants