> -----Original Message----- > From: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 3:47 PM > To: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com>; Bruce Richardson > <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; > Juraj Linkeš <juraj.lin...@pantheon.tech> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; nd <n...@arm.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] config/arm: Do not require processor information > > On 2023/04/20 16:12, Akihiko Odaki wrote: > > On 2023/04/20 16:10, Ruifeng Wang wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:40 AM > >>> To: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com>; Bruce Richardson > >>> <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; Juraj Linkeš > >>> <juraj.lin...@pantheon.tech> > >>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; nd <n...@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.od...@daynix.com> > >>>>> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 8:42 PM > >>>>> To: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com>; Bruce Richardson > >>>>> <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > >>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@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?
Thanks for the clarification of your use case. Changes to DTS are in planning. It will allow the user to choose the type of the build. Your use case will be fulfilled then. Regards, Ruifeng > > Regards, > Akihiko Odaki
