On 11/20/20 4:08 AM, Juraj Linkeš wrote: > The current way of specifying Arm configuration options is insufficient > since we can't identify the SoC we're building for from the MIDR > information. For example, we can't distinguish between N1SDP, Graviton2 > or Ampere Altra. > > Add a way to specify the cpu count and numa node count for cross builds > and aarch64 -> aarch64 (SoC) builds. > > We also want to be able to disable which drivers (and possibly > libraries) are built without user input. This is useful when building: > 1. on an SoC that is slow and we want to build only what is necessary > without the user having to check which libraries they have installed > 2. a cross build on a fast aarch64 machine but with target SoC which > differs in capabilities or libraries. > This is achieved by specifying the drivers in SoC configuration. > > Among libraries, only libnuma can be now disabled. > > Also add an optional way to discover cpu count a numa node count. Fix > -Dmax_lcores and -Dmax_numa_nodes for arm builds. > > The current implementation adds/supports the following: > * x86 -> aarch64 cross build with added config options/disabled > drivers/libs > * aarch64 -> aarch64 builds for a different SoCs using meson -Darm_soc > option or using a cross file > * max numa nodes and max lcore may be specified on the command line to > overwrite the values for any (native, SoC or cross) build >
I tested on Graviton2 and it looks good to me. I tested native, cross and the arm_soc builds and verified the config options for Graviton2. Series Tested-by: Vimal Chungath <vcchu...@amazon.com>
