Allow users and packagers to override the default RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS.
This adds a new meson option, max_ethports which defaults to the
current value.
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3ch...@gmail.com>
---
config/meson.build | 1 +
config/rte_config.h | 1 -
meson_options.txt | 2 ++
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index db32499b3..e59507065 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ endforeach
# set other values pulled from the build options
dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_LCORE', get_option('max_lcores'))
dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', get_option('max_numa_nodes'))
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS', get_option('max_ethports'))
dpdk_conf.set('RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET', get_option('use_hpet'))
dpdk_conf.set('RTE_EAL_ALLOW_INV_SOCKET_ID',
get_option('allow_invalid_socket_id'))
# values which have defaults which may be overridden
diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index d3732e953..7606f5d7b 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
#define RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM 128
/* ether defines */
-#define RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS 32
#define RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT 1024
#define RTE_ETHDEV_QUEUE_STAT_CNTRS 16
#define RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS 1
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 574054597..e54eedc66 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ option('use_hpet', type: 'boolean', value: false,
description: 'use HPET timer in EAL')
option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
description: 'build unit tests')
+option('max_ethports', type: 'string', value: '32',
+ description: 'maximum number of Ethernet devices in EAL')
--
2.17.2
