Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] net/mlx5: support meson build

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 03:11:05PM +0300, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> From: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
> 
> Compile Mellanox driver when its external dependencies are met.  A
> glue version of the driver can still be requested by using the
> -Denable_driver_mlx_glue=true
> 
> To avoid modifying the whole sources and keep the compatibility with
> current build systems (e.g. make), the mlx5_autoconf.h is still
> generated by invoking DPDK scripts though meson's run_command() instead
> of using has_types, has_members, ... commands.
> 

This part of the commit message is no longer accurate.

> Meson will try to find the required external libraries.  When they are
> not installed system wide, they can be provided though CFLAGS, LDFLAGS
> and LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables, example (considering
> RDMA-Core is installed in /tmp/rdma-core):
> 
>  # CLFAGS=-I/tmp/rdma-core/build/include \
>    LDFLAGS=-L/tmp/rdma-core/build/lib \
>    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/rdma-core/build/lib \
>    meson output
>  # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/rdma-core/build/lib \
>    ninja -C output install
> 
> Note: LD_LIBRARY_PATH before ninja is necessary when the meson
> configuration has changed (e.g. meson configure has been called), in
> such situation the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is necessary to invoke the
> autoconfiguration script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>

The signoffs should be together, followed by the ack.

Otherwise LGTM (for both patches)

/Bruce