From: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] doc: enhance build instructions on Windows
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:45:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1730144749-25447-1-git-send-email-andremue@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241027000318.6898e3c9@sovereign>
Enhance build instructions on Windows
Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
---
v3:
- Recommended Meson version to use and removed mention about old bug.
- Set VS developer prompt to produce 64 bit binaries if needed.
v2:
- provide Meson version that works
.mailmap | 1 +
doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 5290420..60db768 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Anatolii Gerasymenko <anatolii.gerasymenko@intel.com>
Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Anbarasan Murugesan <anbarasanx.murugesan@intel.com>
Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
+Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com> <andremue@microsoft.com>
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Andrea Grandi <andrea.grandi@intel.com>
Andre Richter <andre.o.richter@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
index 708875c..c81a818 100644
--- a/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ A good option to choose is the MSI installer for both meson and ninja together::
http://mesonbuild.com/Getting-meson.html#installing-meson-and-ninja-with-the-msi-installer%22
-Required version is Meson 0.57.
-
-Versions starting from 0.58 are unusable with LLVM toolchain
-because of a `Meson issue <https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/8981>`_.
+Meson version 1.5.2 or newer is recommended.
Install the Backend
@@ -129,11 +126,23 @@ Depending on the distribution, paths in this file may need adjustments.
Option 3. Native Build on Windows using MSVC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Open a 'Developer PowerShell for VS 2022' prompt from the start menu.
+Open a 'Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt'.
The developer prompt will configure the environment
to select the appropriate compiler, linker and SDK paths
required to build with Visual Studio 2022.
+Windows 32-bit is currently not supported, so if your Visual Studio environment defaults
+to 32-bits you can instruct the toolset to produce 64-bit binaries using "-arch" parameter.
+For more details about the Developer Prompt options look at the `Visual Studio Developer
+Command Prompt and Developer PowerShell
+<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/reference/command-prompt-powershell?view=vs-2022>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" -arch=amd64
+
+Compile the code from the developer prompt.
+
.. code-block:: console
cd C:\Users\me\dpdk
--
1.8.3.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-28 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-25 14:15 [PATCH] doc: enhance build instructions on windows Andre Muezerie
2024-10-25 14:15 ` [PATCH] doc: enhanced build instructions on Windows Andre Muezerie
2024-10-25 14:50 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-10-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] doc: enhance build instructions on windows Andre Muezerie
2024-10-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: enhanced build instructions on Windows Andre Muezerie
2024-10-26 21:03 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2024-10-28 19:45 ` Andre Muezerie [this message]
2024-10-30 9:09 ` [PATCH v3] doc: enhance " Dmitry Kozlyuk
2024-10-30 15:19 ` [PATCH v4] doc: modernize " Andre Muezerie
2024-10-30 15:48 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-10-31 3:08 ` [PATCH v5] " Andre Muezerie
2024-11-11 14:11 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-11-11 15:59 ` Andre Muezerie
2024-10-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: provide Meson version that works Andre Muezerie
2024-10-26 20:45 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2024-11-11 16:14 ` [PATCH v6] doc: modernize build instructions on Windows Andre Muezerie
2024-11-11 18:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
2024-11-12 9:56 ` Dmitry Kozlyuk
2024-11-19 9:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
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