doc: add meson build to contributing guide

Patches has to be validated for meson devtool script for
code and document changes. Updating documentation for meson
build steps in checking Compilation category.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
Tested-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>

diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a64bb03..211a5cd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ 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::
 
@@ -473,6 +476,14 @@ The recommended configurations and options to test compilation prior to submitti
    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
 ---------------