mk: use linux and freebsd in config names

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / contributing / patches.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a64bb03..90927a5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -431,10 +431,13 @@ Where the range is a ``git log`` option.
 Checking Compilation
 --------------------
 
+Makefile System
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 Compilation of patches and changes should be tested using the ``test-build.sh`` script in the ``devtools``
 directory of the DPDK repo::
 
-  devtools/test-build.sh x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc+next+shared
+  devtools/test-build.sh x86_64-native-linux-gcc+next+shared
 
 The script usage is::
 
@@ -449,9 +452,9 @@ Where:
 
 Examples of configs are::
 
-   x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
-   x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc+next+shared
-   x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang+shared
+   x86_64-native-linux-gcc
+   x86_64-native-linux-gcc+next+shared
+   x86_64-native-linux-clang+shared
 
 The builds can be modified via the following environmental variables:
 
@@ -465,14 +468,22 @@ These can be set from the command line or in the config files shown above in the
 
 The recommended configurations and options to test compilation prior to submitting patches are::
 
-   x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc+shared+next
-   x86_64-native-linuxapp-clang+shared
-   i686-native-linuxapp-gcc
+   x86_64-native-linux-gcc+shared+next
+   x86_64-native-linux-clang+shared
+   i686-native-linux-gcc
 
    export DPDK_DEP_ZLIB=y
    export DPDK_DEP_PCAP=y
    export DPDK_DEP_SSL=y
 
+Meson System
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Compilation of patches is to be tested with ``devtools/test-meson-builds.sh`` script.
+
+The script internally checks for dependencies, then builds for several
+combinations of compilation configuration.
+
 
 Sending Patches
 ---------------