[dpdk-stable] [19.11] [PATCH 1/1] config: add Graviton2(arm64) defconfig

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 11:44 -0700, Vimal Chungath wrote:
> On 10/6/20 1:12 AM, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2020-10-05 at 11:50 -0700, Vimal Chungath wrote:
> > > This patch adds make build configuration for AWS Graviton2 platform
> > > based on ARM Neoverse N1. Meson build works but uses configuration for
> > > N1 SDP that is not optimal. Rework in meson build system for ARM SoCs
> > > is planned so I have chosen not to add meson configuration for this
> > > 19.11 patch.
> > > 
> > > Vimal Chungath (1):
> > >   config: add Graviton2(arm64) defconfig
> > > 
> > >  config/defconfig_arm64-graviton2-linux-gcc    |  1 +
> > >  config/defconfig_arm64-graviton2-linuxapp-gcc | 13 +++++++++++
> > >  config/defconfig_graviton2                    |  1 +
> > >  mk/machine/graviton2/rte.vars.mk              | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 120000 config/defconfig_arm64-graviton2-linux-gcc
> > >  create mode 100644 config/defconfig_arm64-graviton2-linuxapp-gcc
> > >  create mode 120000 config/defconfig_graviton2
> > >  create mode 100644 mk/machine/graviton2/rte.vars.mk
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is this adding support for a new driver for 19.11? I don't see it in
> > the main branch?
> 
> Hi Luca,
> 
> This patch is adding optimal build flags for Graviton2 SoC.
> No new driver is being added. Main branch is no longer accepting make build
> patches as it is deprecated. For 19.11, I assume make is still the default.
> 
> This is the meson patch in review for main branch:
> https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/76981/
> 
> Regards,
> Vimal

I see - normally we are careful with new feature/support in LTS
branches, but this seems self-contained enough to be very low risk so
it seems acceptable to me. But Meson is fully supported, so please
update the patchset so that it applies to both build systems.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi