else
machine = get_option('machine')
endif
+
+# machine type 'default' is special, it defaults to the per arch agreed common
+# minimal baseline needed for DPDK.
+# That might not be the most optimized, but the most portable version while
+# still being able to support the CPU features required for DPDK.
+# This can be bumped up by the DPDK project, but it can never be an
+# invariant like 'native'
+if machine == 'default'
+ if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86')
+ # matches the old pre-meson build systems default
+ machine = 'corei7'
+ elif host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('arm')
+ machine = 'armv7-a'
+ elif host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('aarch')
+ # arm64 manages defaults in config/arm/meson.build
+ machine = 'default'
+ elif host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('ppc')
+ machine = 'power8'
+ endif
+endif
+
dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE', machine)
machine_args = []
-# ppc64 does not support -march=native
-if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('ppc') and machine == 'native'
+
+# ppc64 does not support -march= at all, use -mcpu and -mtune for that
+if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('ppc')
machine_args += '-mcpu=' + machine
machine_args += '-mtune=' + machine
else
dpdk_conf.set_quoted('RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH', eal_pmd_path)
install_headers('rte_config.h', subdir: get_option('include_subdir_arch'))
+
+# enable VFIO only if it is linux OS
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_EAL_VFIO', host_machine.system() == 'linux')