Rather than using linuxapp and bsdapp everywhere, we can change things to use the, more readable, terms "linux" and "freebsd" in our build configs. Rather than renaming the configs we can just duplicate the existing ones with the new names using symlinks, and use the new names exclusively internally. ["make showconfigs" also only shows the new names to keep the list short] The result is that backward compatibility is kept fully but any new builds or development can be done using the newer names, i.e. both "make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc" and "T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc" work. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
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Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
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Extending the DPDK
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=========================
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This chapter describes how a developer can extend the DPDK to provide a new library,
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a new target, or support a new target.
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Example: Adding a New Library libfoo
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------------------------------------
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To add a new library to the DPDK, proceed as follows:
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#. Add a new configuration option:
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.. code-block:: bash
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for f in config/\*; do \
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echo CONFIG_RTE_LIBFOO=y >> $f; done
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#. Create a new directory with sources:
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.. code-block:: console
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mkdir ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo
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touch ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/foo.c
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touch ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/foo.h
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#. Add a foo() function in libfoo.
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Definition is in foo.c:
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.. code-block:: c
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void foo(void)
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{
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}
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Declaration is in foo.h:
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.. code-block:: c
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extern void foo(void);
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#. Update lib/Makefile:
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.. code-block:: console
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vi ${RTE_SDK}/lib/Makefile
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# add:
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# DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBFOO) += libfoo
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#. Create a new Makefile for this library, for example, derived from mempool Makefile:
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.. code-block:: console
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cp ${RTE_SDK}/lib/librte_mempool/Makefile ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/
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vi ${RTE_SDK}/lib/libfoo/Makefile
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# replace:
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# librte_mempool -> libfoo
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# rte_mempool -> foo
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#. Update mk/DPDK.app.mk, and add -lfoo in LDLIBS variable when the option is enabled.
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This will automatically add this flag when linking a DPDK application.
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#. Build the DPDK with the new library (we only show a specific target here):
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.. code-block:: console
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cd ${RTE_SDK}
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make config T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc
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make
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#. Check that the library is installed:
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.. code-block:: console
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ls build/lib
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ls build/include
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Example: Using libfoo in the Test Application
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The test application is used to validate all functionality of the DPDK.
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Once you have added a library, a new test case should be added in the test application.
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* A new test_foo.c file should be added, that includes foo.h and calls the foo() function from test_foo().
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When the test passes, the test_foo() function should return 0.
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* Makefile, test.h and commands.c must be updated also, to handle the new test case.
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* Test report generation: autotest.py is a script that is used to generate the test report that is available in the
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${RTE_SDK}/doc/rst/test_report/autotests directory. This script must be updated also.
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If libfoo is in a new test family, the links in ${RTE_SDK}/doc/rst/test_report/test_report.rst must be updated.
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* Build the DPDK with the updated test application (we only show a specific target here):
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.. code-block:: console
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cd ${RTE_SDK}
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make config T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc
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make
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