Patches has to be validated for meson builds. Updating documentation
for meson build steps in Checking Compilation category.
Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.vargh...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a3d788024..494037778 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -468,6 +468,15 @@ The recommended configurations and options to test
compilation prior to submitti
export DPDK_DEP_PCAP=y
export DPDK_DEP_SSL=y
+Compliation of patches has to be tested using meson::
+
+ ./devtools/test-meson-builds.sh'
+
+The default build target is for shared library. Build can be modified for
+static and cross build by
+
+ * static by ``--default-library=static``.
+ * arm cross build use ``--cross-file=<path>`` to override default path.
Sending Patches
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2.17.1
