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diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d1f0fa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2018 ARM Corporation. + +Cross compile DPDK for ARM64 +============================ +This chapter describes how to cross compile DPDK for ARM64 from x86 build hosts. + +.. note:: + + Whilst it is recommended to natively build DPDK on ARM64 (just + like with x86), it is also possible to cross-build DPDK for ARM64. An + ARM64 cross compile GNU toolchain is used for this. + +Obtain the cross tool chain +--------------------------- +The latest cross compile tool chain can be downloaded from: +https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest/aarch64-linux-gnu/. + +Following is the step to get the version 7.2.1, latest one at the time of this writing. + +.. code-block:: console + + wget https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest/aarch64-linux-gnu/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz + +Unzip and add into the PATH +--------------------------- + +.. code-block:: console + + tar -xvf gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz + export PATH=$PATH:<cross_install_dir>/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin + +.. note:: + + For the host requirements and other info, refer to the release note section: https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest/ + +Getting the prerequisite library +-------------------------------- + +NUMA is required by most modern machines, not needed for non-NUMA architectures. + +.. note:: + + For compiling the NUMA lib, run libtool --version to ensure the libtool version >= 2.2, + otherwise the compilation will fail with errors. + +.. code-block:: console + + git clone https://github.com/numactl/numactl.git + cd numactl + git checkout v2.0.11 -b v2.0.11 + ./autogen.sh + autoconf -i + ./configure --host=aarch64-linux-gnu CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc --prefix=<numa install dir> + make install + +The numa header files and lib file is generated in the include and lib folder respectively under <numa install dir>. + +.. _augment_the_cross_toolchain_with_numa_support: + +Augment the cross toolchain with NUMA support +--------------------------------------------- + +.. note:: + + This way is optional, an alternative is to use extra CFLAGS and LDFLAGS, depicted in :ref:`configure_and_cross_compile_dpdk_build` below. + +Copy the NUMA header files and lib to the cross compiler's directories: + +.. code-block:: console + + cp <numa_install_dir>/include/numa*.h <cross_install_dir>/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/../aarch64-linux-gnu/libc/usr/include/ + cp <numa_install_dir>/lib/libnuma.a <cross_install_dir>/gcc-linaro-7.2.1-2017.11-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/7.2.1/ + +.. _configure_and_cross_compile_dpdk_build: + +Configure and cross compile DPDK Build +-------------------------------------- +To configure a build, choose one of the target configurations, like arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc and arm64-thunderx-linuxapp-gcc. + +.. code-block:: console + + make config T=arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc + +To cross-compile, without compiling the kernel modules, use the following command: + +.. code-block:: console + + make -j CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu- CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n + +To cross-compile, including the kernel modules, the kernel source tree needs to be specified by setting +RTE_KERNELDIR: + +.. code-block:: console + + make -j CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu- RTE_KERNELDIR=<kernel_src_rootdir> CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- + +To compile for non-NUMA targets, without compiling the kernel modules, use the following command: + +.. code-block:: console + + make -j CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu- CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA=n CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=n + +.. note:: + + 1. EXTRA_CFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS should be added to include the NUMA headers and link the library respectively, + if the above step :ref:`augment_the_cross_toolchain_with_numa_support` was skipped therefore the toolchain was not + augmented with NUMA support. + + 2. "-isystem <numa_install_dir>/include" should be add to EXTRA_CFLAGS, otherwise the numa.h file will get a lot of compiling + errors of Werror=cast-qual, Werror=strict-prototypes and Werror=old-style-definition. + + An example is given below: + + .. code-block:: console + + make -j CROSS=aarch64-linux-gnu- CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n EXTRA_CFLAGS="-isystem <numa_install_dir>/include" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-L<numa_install_dir>/lib -lnuma" + +Meson Cross Compiling DPDK +-------------------------- + +To cross-compile DPDK on a desired target machine we can use the following +command:: + + meson cross-build --cross-file <target_machine_configuration> + ninja -C cross-build + +For example if the target machine is arm64 we can use the following +command:: + + meson arm64-build --cross-file config/arm/arm64_armv8_linuxapp_gcc + ninja -C arm64-build |