> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 2:01 PM > To: Ali Alnubani <alia...@mellanox.com> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: add pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu > as a prerequisite > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 10:41:08AM +0000, Ali Alnubani wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 11:52 AM > > > To: Ali Alnubani <alia...@mellanox.com> > > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] doc: add > > > pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu as a prerequisite > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 08:14:25AM +0000, Ali Alnubani wrote: > > > > The package pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu is required with meson > > > > for detecting dependencies installed in nonstandard paths. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ali Alnubani <alia...@mellanox.com> > > > > --- > > > > doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst | 8 ++++++++ > > > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > > > b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > > > index e799b0ba4..f00f9b130 100644 > > > > --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > > > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > > > @@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ To compile for non-NUMA targets, without > > > > compiling the kernel modules, use the f Meson Cross Compiling > > > > DPDK > > > > -------------------------- > > > > > > > > +Meson depends on pkgconfig to find the dependencies that are > > > > +installed in nonstandard paths. The package > > > > +`pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu` is required in this case. To > > > > +install it in > > > Ubuntu: > > > > + > > > > +.. code-block:: console > > > > + > > > > + sudo apt-get install pkg-config-aarch64-linux-gnu > > > > + > > > > To cross-compile DPDK on a desired target machine we can use the > > > > following > > > > command:: > > > > > > Is there a package for Fedora or similar Redhat-derived distros? > > > > I don't think it's available. Should I add instructions on how to cross > > build it > instead of the apt-get example? > > > I think you might need both. Distro-instructions is probably best, but there > are a lot of people not using Ubuntu, I suspect. > > Following patch 1, if pkg-config is added to all the cross-build files, does > that > prevent previously working cross-builds from passing due to the lack of the > pkg-config package? Do the travis jobs need updating, for example?
Cross compiling pkg-config from source requires glib, which in turn requires other packages (libffi and pcre). Do we want to add instructions to cross build that dependency tree? I opened a pull request to the Github mirror to make sure I didn't break the CI: https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/pull/14 If the binary 'aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config' isn't found, Meson seems to just show the following warnings, but it doesn't fail with error: ''' Did not find pkg-config by name 'aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config' Found Pkg-config: NO ''' I'll send v2 with an additional patch to add the package to the list of requirements for Travis's environment. > > /Bruce - Ali
