> From: Anatoly Burakov [mailto:anatoly.bura...@intel.com] > > Currently, the only way to set up a build directory for DPDK development > is through running Meson directly. This has a number of drawbacks. > > For one, the default configuration is very "fat", meaning everything gets > enabled and built (aside from examples, which have to be enabled > manually), so while Meson is very good at minimizing work needed to rebuild > DPDK, for any change that affects a lot of components (such as editing an > EAL header), there's a lot of rebuilding to do. > > It is of course possible to reduce the number of components built through > meson options, but this mechanism isn't perfect, as the user needs to > remember exact spelling of all the options and components, and currently > it doesn't handle inter-component dependencies very well (e.g. if net/ice > is enabled, common/iavf is not automatically enabled, so net/ice can't be > built unless user also doesn't forget to specify common/iavf). > > Enter this script. It relies on Meson's introspection capabilities as well > as the dependency graphs generated by our build system to display all > available components, and handle any dependencies for them automatically, > while also not forcing user to remember any command-line options and lists > of drivers, and instead relying on interactive TUI to display list of > available options. It can also produce builds that are as minimal as > possible (including cutting down libraries being built) by utilizing the > fact that our dependency graphs report which dependency is mandatory and > which one is optional. > > Because it is not meant to replace native Meson build configuration but > is rather targeted at users who are not intimately familiar wtih DPDK's > build system, it is run in interactive mode by default. However, it is > also possible to run it without interaction, in which case it will pass > all its parameters to Meson directly, with added benefit of dependency > tracking and producing minimal builds if desired. > > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.bura...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com>
