On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:25:12PM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 3:41 PM
> > To: Morten Brørup
> > Cc: Wiles, Keith; Christian Ehrhardt; Stephen Hemminger; dev
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] replace DPDK config and build
> > system
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 03:34:58PM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > > FYI: We are using Crosstool-NG (http://crosstool-ng.github.io/). It
> > seems to be quite popular for cross compiling.
> > >
> >
> > How does a tool like that interact with build-systems then - either
> > with our current one, or with a hypothetical future one using
> > meson+ninja as below? Does it simplify what needs to be provided in the
> > build config tool?
> >
> > /Bruce
>
> The main purpose of our build-system is to be able to just type "make" to
> build everything in our project (including the cross compiler itself). The
> purpose is not to simplify the build config tool for each of the libraries
> and executables in our project.
>
> Please note that standardization is a benefit in itself! If every 3rd party
> library and executable in a complex project like ours had completely
> different build-systems, it would be a nightmare for us to maintain our
> project.
>
> And to answer your question: Basically when using cross-tools, we set up a
> bunch of environment variables and then call the Makefile of each library and
> executable in the project (to configure and/or compile them). These
> environment variables are somewhat standardized, so modifying a Makefile for
> a 3rd party library/executable that is not designed for cross compiling is
> only a minor pain, not a major pain. I haven't looked at meson+ninja, but
> from reading the discussion here, it seems somewhat similar.
>
> If DPDK switches to meson+ninja we will make it work for us too, so I'm not
> opposing such a change. I only wanted to highlight that Crosstool-NG is a
> very popular cross compiling environment, and has a good track record in this
> area.
>
>
> Med venlig hilsen / kind regards
> - Morten Brørup
>
Thanks for the clarification.
