Fixes: 7cacb05655 ("doc: add generic build instructions for sample apps")
Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Gavin Hu <gavin...@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>
---
doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst
b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst
index a2d75ed22..9ff531906 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ This section explains how to compile the DPDK sample
applications.
To compile all the sample applications
--------------------------------------
-
Set the path to DPDK source code if its not set:
.. code-block:: console
@@ -93,3 +92,18 @@ Build the application:
export RTE_TARGET=build
make
+
+To cross compile the sample application(s)
+------------------------------------------
+
+For cross compiling the sample application(s), please append
'CROSS=$(CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX)' to the 'make' command.
+In example of AARCH64 cross compiling:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ export RTE_TARGET=build
+ export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk
+ make -C examples CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu-
+ or
+ cd $(pwd)/examples/<example_app>
+ make CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu-
--
2.11.0
