To allow support for additional build checks and tests only really
relevant for developers, we add support for a developer mode option to
DPDK. The default, "auto", value for this enables developer mode if a
".git" folder is found at the root of the source tree - as was the case
with the previous "make" build system. There is also support for
explicitly enabling or disabling this option using "meson configure" if
so desired.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 8 ++++++++
meson.build | 14 ++++++++++++++
meson_options.txt | 2 ++
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index 734d1901b2..fdcd21861d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -798,6 +798,14 @@ Integrating with the Build System
DPDK is built using the tools ``meson`` and ``ninja``.
+.. note::
+
+ In order to catch possible issues as soon as possible,
+ it is recommended that developers build DPDK in "developer mode" to enable
additional checks.
+ By default, this mode is enabled if the build is being done from a git
checkout,
+ but the mode can be manually enabled/disabled using the
+ ``developer_mode`` meson configuration option.
+
Therefore all new component additions should include a ``meson.build`` file,
and should be added to the component lists in the ``meson.build`` files in the
relevant top-level directory:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fcc4d4c900..8906b5e0b5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ project('DPDK', 'C',
meson_version: '>= 0.47.1'
)
+# check for developer mode
+developer_mode = false
+if get_option('developer_mode').auto()
+ if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.53') # fs module available
+ fs = import('fs')
+ developer_mode = fs.is_dir('.git')
+ endif
+else
+ developer_mode = get_option('developer_mode').enabled()
+endif
+if developer_mode
+ message('## Building in Developer Mode ##')
+endif
+
# set up some global vars for compiler, platform, configuration, etc.
cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
dpdk_conf = configuration_data()
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 6eff62e47d..fe0f9ed501 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
option('check_includes', type: 'boolean', value: false,
description: 'build "chkincs" to verify each header file can compile
alone')
+option('developer_mode', type: 'feature',
+ description: 'turn on additional build checks relevant for DPDK
developers')
option('disable_drivers', type: 'string', value: '',
description: 'Comma-separated list of drivers to explicitly disable.')
option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: 'dpdk/pmds-<VERSION>',
--
2.27.0
