Checking the Patches
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-Patches should be checked for formatting and syntax issues using the ``checkpatches.sh`` script in the ``scripts``
+Patches should be checked for formatting and syntax issues using the ``checkpatches.sh`` script in the ``devtools``
directory of the DPDK repo.
This uses the Linux kernel development tool ``checkpatch.pl`` which can be obtained by cloning, and periodically,
updating the Linux kernel sources.
Once the environment variable the script can be run as follows::
- scripts/checkpatches.sh ~/patch/
+ devtools/checkpatches.sh ~/patch/
The script usage is::
Checking Compilation
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-Compilation of patches and changes should be tested using the the ``test-build.sh`` script in the ``scripts``
+Compilation of patches and changes should be tested using the the ``test-build.sh`` script in the ``devtools``
directory of the DPDK repo::
- scripts/test-build.sh x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc+next+shared
+ devtools/test-build.sh x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc+next+shared
The script usage is::