[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.11 11/19] doc: remove references to make in howto guides

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Aug 13 00:00:13 CEST 2020


07/08/2020 14:30, Ciara Power:
> Make is no longer supported for compiling DPDK, references are now
> removed in the documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/howto/packet_capture_framework.rst | 17 +-----------
>  doc/guides/howto/pvp_reference_benchmark.rst  | 26 -------------------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 42 deletions(-)
[...]
> -DPDK build
> -~~~~~~~~~~
> -
> -Build DPDK:
> -
> -   .. code-block:: console
> -
> -      git clone git://dpdk.org/dpdk
> -      cd dpdk
> -      export RTE_SDK=$PWD
> -      make install T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc DESTDIR=install
> -
> -
>  Testpmd launch
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unfortunately it's a bit more complicate.
Even the testpmd launch must be updated to fit with meson:
"
	RTE_SDK/install/bin/testpmd
"

RTE_SDK doesn't exist with meson, and the binary is dpdk-testpmd.

I'm afraid this kind of difficulty is in many doc files.




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