From: Bruce Richardson Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:14:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: add meson build to release notes X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=69faa6907c1f213d44e2e040bfcd797ad81efbb0;p=dpdk.git doc: add meson build to release notes Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson Acked-by: John McNamara --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst index b7ee2036fb..84e0ad0681 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst @@ -178,6 +178,21 @@ New Features * ``rte_mp_request`` is for sending a request message and will block until it gets a reply message which is sent from the peer by ``rte_mp_reply``. +* **Added new DPDK build system using the tools "meson" and "ninja" [EXPERIMENTAL]** + + Added in support for building DPDK using ``meson`` and ``ninja``, which gives + additional features, such as automatic build-time configuration, over the + current build system using ``make``. For instructions on how to do a DPDK build + using the new system, see the instructions in ``doc/build-sdk-meson.txt``. + +.. note:: + + This new build system support is incomplete at this point and is added + as experimental in this release. The existing build system using ``make`` + is unaffected by these changes, and can continue to be used for this + and subsequent releases until such time as it's deprecation is announced. + + API Changes -----------