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>
---
V6:
added 'Makefile' sub-header - Thomas Monjalon
reword the content - Thomas Monjalon
V5:
create sub section to Compilation - Thomas Monjalon
remove Linux and BSD references - Thomas Monjalon
reword tool chain to toolchain - Thomas Monjalon
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 | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a64bb0368..211a5cdc7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ Where the range is a ``git log`` option.
Checking Compilation
--------------------
+Makefile System
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
Compilation of patches and changes should be tested using the
``test-build.sh`` script in the ``devtools``
directory of the DPDK repo::
@@ -473,6 +476,14 @@ The recommended configurations and options to test
compilation prior to submitti
export DPDK_DEP_PCAP=y
export DPDK_DEP_SSL=y
+Meson System
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Compilation of patches is to be tested with ``devtools/test-meson-builds.sh``
script.
+
+The script internally checks for dependencies, then builds for several
+combinations of compilation configuration.
+
Sending Patches
---------------
--
2.17.1
