[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: fix helloworld build on Windows

* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: fix helloworld build on Windows
@ 2019-05-20  8:19 adham
  2019-05-20  9:04 ` Bruce Richardson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: adham @ 2019-05-20  8:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev; +Cc: Adham Masarwah

From: Adham Masarwah <adham@mellanox.com>

The option -Dexamples=helloworld is missing.
The helloworld binary name was wrong.
Forcing clang may be required in some environments.

Fixes: 196c650b8b63 ("doc: add guide for Windows")

Signed-off-by: Adham Masarwah <adham@mellanox.com>
---
 doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index f48805236..6711e07e2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -59,22 +59,30 @@ default.
 Using the ninja backend
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Specifying the compiler might be required to complete the meson command.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    set CC=clang
+
+To compile the examples, the flag ``-Dexamples`` is required.
+
 .. code-block:: console
 
     cd C:\Users\me\dpdk
-    meson build
+    meson -Dexamples=helloworld build
     cd build
     ninja
 
 Run the helloworld example
 ==========================
 
-Navigate to the build directory and run `dpdk-helloworld.exe`.
+Navigate to the examples in the build directory and run `dpdk-helloworld.exe`.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    cd C:\Users\me\dpdk\build
-    helloworld.exe
+    cd C:\Users\me\dpdk\build\examples
+    dpdk-helloworld.exe
     hello from core 1
     hello from core 3
     hello from core 0
-- 
2.21.0.windows.1


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