On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 11:44:28AM +0200, Juraj Linkeš wrote: > The current meson option 'machine' should only specify the ISA, which is > not sufficient for Arm, where setting ISA implies other settings as well > (and is used in Arm configuration as such). > Use the existing 'platform' meson option to differentiate the type of > the build (native/generic) and set ISA accordingly, unless the user > chooses to override it with a new option, 'cpu_instruction_set'. > The 'machine' option set the ISA in x86 builds and set native/default > 'build type' in aarch64 builds. These two new variables, 'platform' and > 'cpu_instruction_set', now properly set both ISA and build type for all > architectures in a uniform manner. > The 'machine' option also doesn't describe very well what it sets. The > new option, 'cpu_instruction_set', is much more descriptive. Keep > 'machine' for backwards compatibility. > > Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.lin...@pantheon.tech>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
