On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 12:09:57PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 4/9/2020 11:57 AM, Bruce Richardson wrote: > > When anyone uses the make build system, they are to be informed > > about upcoming plans to deprecate and subsequently remove that > > system and to use meson and ninja instead. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > --- > > mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk | 4 ++++ > > mk/rte.sdkconfig.mk | 4 ++++ > > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk b/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk > > index b512de1ec..67d07a7ed 100644 > > --- a/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk > > +++ b/mk/rte.sdkbuild.mk > > @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ CLEANDIRS = $(addsuffix _clean,$(ROOTDIRS-y) > > $(ROOTDIRS-n) $(ROOTDIRS-)) > > .PHONY: build > > build: $(ROOTDIRS-y) > > @echo "Build complete [$(RTE_TARGET)]" > > + @echo "==== NOTE ====" > > + @echo "It is recommended to build DPDK using 'meson' and 'ninja'" > > + @echo "Building DPDK with 'make' will be deprecated in a future release" > > + @echo "==============" > > > > .PHONY: clean > > clean: $(CLEANDIRS) > > diff --git a/mk/rte.sdkconfig.mk b/mk/rte.sdkconfig.mk > > index f538649f2..9a7ffbe9a 100644 > > --- a/mk/rte.sdkconfig.mk > > +++ b/mk/rte.sdkconfig.mk > > @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ else > > config: $(RTE_OUTPUT)/include/rte_config.h $(RTE_OUTPUT)/Makefile > > @echo "Configuration done using" \ > > $(patsubst defconfig_%,%,$(notdir $(RTE_CONFIG_TEMPLATE))) > > + @echo "==== NOTE ====" > > + @echo "It is recommended to build DPDK using 'meson' and 'ninja'" > > + @echo "Building DPDK with 'make' will be deprecated in a future release" > > + @echo "==============" > > What do you think providing a link to meson documentation too? > Not a bad idea - though it may need to wait until the instructions on the website itself get updated. Currently the best link is probably, http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.html#compiling-and-installing-dpdk-system-wide but it's rather long and unwieldy.
/Bruce
