Fixes: 7cacb05655 ("doc: add generic build instructions for sample apps")
Cc: [email protected]Signed-off-by: Gavin Hu <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <[email protected]> --- doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst index a2d75ed..c8cf1bd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ This section explains how to compile the DPDK sample applications. To compile all the sample applications -------------------------------------- - Set the path to DPDK source code if its not set: .. code-block:: console @@ -93,3 +92,18 @@ Build the application: export RTE_TARGET=build make + +To cross compile the sample application(s) +------------------------------------------ + +For cross compiling the sample application(s), please append 'CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER)' to the 'make' command. +For example: + + .. code-block:: console + + export RTE_TARGET=build + export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk + export CROSS_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc + make -C examples CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER) + or + make CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER) -- 2.7.4
