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.vargh...@intel.com>
Tested-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovace...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovace...@intel.com>
---
V4:
- spelling correction for Compilation - Thomas Monjalon
- restored double space for new header - Thomas Monjalon
- reword the meson compilation content - Vipin Varghese
- Added 'tested' and 'acked' from - Marko Kovacevic
V3:
removed extra character - Vipin Varghese
V2:
updated the meson build options - Bruce Richardson
---
doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a64bb0368..e9048bbc0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -473,6 +473,14 @@ The recommended configurations and options to test
compilation prior to submitti
export DPDK_DEP_PCAP=y
export DPDK_DEP_SSL=y
+Compilation of patches is to be tested with ``test-meson-builds.sh`` script
+in ``devtools`` directory of the DPDK repo::
+
+ devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
+
+The script internally checks for dependencies and tool chain. Then builds with
+shared and static libraries for Linux and BSD targets.
+
Sending Patches
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2.17.1
