[PATCH 1/2] config/arm: Do not require processor information

[Akihiko Odaki]

On 2023/04/20 16:12, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> On 2023/04/20 16:10, Ruifeng Wang wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki at daynix.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:40 AM
>>> To: Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com>; Bruce Richardson 
>>> <bruce.richardson at intel.com>;
>>> Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes at pantheon.tech>
>>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; nd <nd at arm.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] config/arm: Do not require processor 
>>> information
>>>
>>> On 2023/04/17 16:41, Ruifeng Wang wrote:
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki at daynix.com>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 8:42 PM
>>>>> To: Ruifeng Wang <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com>; Bruce Richardson
>>>>> <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>>>>> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki at daynix.com>
>>>>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] config/arm: Do not require processor information
>>>>>
>>>>> DPDK can be built even without exact processor information for x86
>>>>> and ppc so allow to build for Arm even if we don't know the 
>>>>> targeted processor is
>>> unknown.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Akihiko,
>>>>
>>>> The design idea was to require an explicit generic build.
>>>> Default/native build doesn't fall back to generic build when SoC 
>>>> info is not on the list.
>>>> So the user has less chance to generate a suboptimal binary by 
>>>> accident.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It is true that the suboptimal binary can result, but the rationale 
>>> here is that we
>>> tolerate that for x86 and ppc so it should not really matter for Arm 
>>> too. On x86 and ppc
>>> you don't need to modify meson.build just to run dts on a development 
>>> machine.
>>
>> What modification do you need for a development machine?
>> I suppose "meson setup build -Dplatform=generic" will generate a 
>> binary that can run
>> on your development machine.
> 
> I didn't describe the situation well. I use DPDK Test Suite for testing 
> and it determines what flags to be passed to Meson. You need to modify 
> DPDK's meson.build or DTS to get it built.
> 
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Akihiko Odaki

Hi,

Can you have a look at this again?

Regards,
Akihiko Odaki