Re: [PATCH 2/2] build: add backwards compatibility for wildcarding nested drivers

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

22/09/2025 13:07, Kevin Traynor:
> Up until DPDK 25.03 'net/*' could be used with meson options
> enable_drivers or disable_drivers to explicitly enable or
> disable all net drivers.
> 
> In DPDK 25.03 commit
> c1d145834f28 ("net/intel: move Intel drivers to a subdirectory")
> moved Intel drivers to 'net/intel/*' and 'net/*' no longer enabled
> or disabled the Intel drivers.
> 
> Expand wildcards handling to include nested drivers.
> e.g. 'net/*' will also enable/disable drivers in 'net/*/*'
> 
> This adds backwards compatibility so that so that 'net/*' will
> continue to enable/disable Intel and any future nested drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/meson.build | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
> index 3fbf04e1cd..ccd25e4d18 100644
> --- a/drivers/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/meson.build
> @@ -58,4 +58,9 @@ foreach driver_type : [['disable', get_option('disable_drivers')],
>                      .format(driver, driver_mapped))
>              driver = driver_mapped
> +        elif driver.contains('*')
> +            if driver.endswith('/*') and not driver.contains('/*/*')
> +                # for wildcard add nested wildcard
> +                driver = driver + ',' + driver + '/*'
> +            endif

The special pattern ** does not work in Meson?