+abi_version = run_command(find_program('cat', 'more'),
+ abi_version_file).stdout().strip()
+
+# Regular libraries have the abi_version as the filename extension
+# and have the soname be all but the final part of the abi_version.
+# Experimental libraries have soname with '0.major'
+# and the filename suffix as 0.majorminor versions,
+# e.g. v20.1 => librte_stable.so.20.1, librte_experimental.so.0.201
+# sonames => librte_stable.so.20, librte_experimental.so.0.20
+# e.g. v20.0.1 => librte_stable.so.20.0.1, librte_experimental.so.0.2001
+# sonames => librte_stable.so.20.0, librte_experimental.so.0.200
+abi_va = abi_version.split('.')
+stable_so_version = abi_va.length() == 2 ? abi_va[0] : abi_va[0] + '.' + abi_va[1]
+experimental_abi_version = '0.' + abi_va[0] + abi_va[1] + '.' + abi_va[2]
+experimental_so_version = experimental_abi_version
+
+# extract all version information into the build configuration
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_YEAR', pver.get(0).to_int())
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_MONTH', pver.get(1).to_int())
+if pver.get(2).contains('-rc')
+ rc_ver = pver.get(2).split('-rc')
+ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_MINOR', rc_ver.get(0).to_int())
+ dpdk_conf.set_quoted('RTE_VER_SUFFIX', '-rc')
+ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_RELEASE', rc_ver.get(1).to_int())
+else
+ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_MINOR', pver.get(2).to_int())
+ dpdk_conf.set_quoted('RTE_VER_SUFFIX', '')
+# for actual, non-rc releases, set the release value to 99 to ensure releases
+# have higher version numbers than their respective release candidates
+ dpdk_conf.set('RTE_VER_RELEASE', 99)
+endif