From: Vipin Varghese Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 05:41:06 +0000 (+0530) Subject: doc: add meson build to contributing guide X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3fe9b93c8d6b8d1cc7f148002ce1ea098b60fcbd;p=dpdk.git 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 Tested-by: Marko Kovacevic Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic --- diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index a64bb03683..211a5cdc7a 100644 --- 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 ---------------