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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/cross_compile_macos.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/cross_compile_macos.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..932f86549f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/cross_compile_macos.rst @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +.. _cross_compile_macos : + +Cross compilation on MacOS +========================== + +This is a first attempt to support Cross compilation of VPP on MacOS for development (linting, completion, compile_commands.json) + + +**Prerequisites** + +* You'll need to install the following packages + +.. code-block:: bash + + pip3 install ply + brew install diffutils gnu-sed pkg-config ninja crosstool-ng + +* You'll also need to install ``gnu-ident 2.2.11`` to be able to ``make checkstyle``. You can get it from `GNU <https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html>`_ +* You should link the binaries to make them available in your path with their original names e.g. : + +.. code-block:: bash + + ln -s $(which gsed) /usr/local/bin/sed + ln -s $(which gindent) /usr/local/bin/indent + ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/diffutils/3.7/bin/diff /usr/local/bin/diff + + +**Setup** + +* Create a `cross compile toolchain <https://crosstool-ng.github.io/>`_ +* Create a case sensitive volume and mount the toolchain in it e.g. in ``/Volumes/xchain`` +* Create a xchain.toolchain file with ``$VPP_DIR/extras/scripts/cross_compile_macos.sh conf /Volumes/xchan`` + +For now we don't support e-build so dpdk, rdma, quicly won't be compiled as part of ``make build`` + +To build with the toolchain do: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $VPP_DIR/extras/scripts/cross_compile_macos.sh build + + +To get the compile_commands.json do + +.. code-block:: bash + + $VPP_DIR/extras/scripts/cross_compile_macos.sh cc + # >> ./build-root/build-vpp[_debug]-native/vpp/compile_commands.json + + + +This should build vpp on MacOS + + +Good luck :) + + diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/index.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/index.rst index 2d27da99ba8..93f4e33ee7f 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/index.rst +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/index.rst @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ The Developers section covers the following areas: buildwireshark punt quic_plugin + cross_compile_macos.rst |