From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gavin Hu Subject: [PATCH] doc: add cross compile part for sample applications Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:18:34 +0800 Message-ID: <1534263514-9816-1-git-send-email-gavin.hu@arm.com> Cc: gavin.hu@arm.com, Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com, stable@dpdk.org To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Fixes: 7cacb05655 ("doc: add generic build instructions for sample apps") Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Gavin Hu Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli --- doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst index a2d75ed..c8cf1bd 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/compiling.rst @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ This section explains how to compile the DPDK sample applications. To compile all the sample applications -------------------------------------- - Set the path to DPDK source code if its not set: .. code-block:: console @@ -93,3 +92,18 @@ Build the application: export RTE_TARGET=build make + +To cross compile the sample application(s) +------------------------------------------ + +For cross compiling the sample application(s), please append 'CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER)' to the 'make' command. +For example: + + .. code-block:: console + + export RTE_TARGET=build + export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk + export CROSS_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc + make -C examples CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER) + or + make CC=$(CROSS_COMPILER) -- 2.7.4