Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] build: add support for ARM builds

[Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>]

HI Bruce,
	Are these planned for 18.02?  If so,  I will prioritize this work.

Regards,
Hemant

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson@intel.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 9:54 PM
> To: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
> Cc: jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com; harry.van.haaren@intel.com;
> herbert.guan@arm.com; dev@dpdk.org; Hemant Agrawal
> <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>; Shreyansh Jain <shreyansh.jain@nxp.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] build: add support for ARM builds
> Importance: High
> 
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 07:22:50PM +0530, Pavan Nikhilesh wrote:
> > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> >
> > Add files to enable compiling for ARM cross builds.
> > This can be tested by doing a cross-compile for armv8-a type using the
> > linaro gcc toolchain.
> >
> >         meson arm-build --cross-file aarch64_cross.txt
> >         ninja -C arm-build
> >
> > where aarch64_cross.txt contained the following
> >
> >         [binaries]
> >         c = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc'
> >         cpp = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-cpp'
> >         ar = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-ar'
> >
> >         [host_machine]
> >         system = 'linux'
> >         cpu_family = 'aarch64'
> >         cpu = 'armv8-a'
> >         endian = 'little'
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula@caviumnetworks.com>
> > ---
> >  v3 Changes:
> >  - Fix missing SPDX license tags
> >
> >  v2 Changes:
> >  - Merged RFC patch.
> >  - Added framework to easily other vendor specific flags
> >  - renamed machine_arg to machine_args
> >
> Set LGTM, but it would be nice to get an ACK or review from another ARM
> expert. Any volunteers?
> 
> /Bruce