> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 8:11 PM
> To: Guy Kaneti <g...@marvell.com>
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> Nithin Kumar Dabilpuram <ndabilpu...@marvell.com>; m...@ashroe.eu;
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> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] regex/octeontx2: add build
> infra and device support
>
> 12/10/2020 19:06, Guy Kaneti:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > > 12/10/2020 13:31, g...@marvell.com:
> > > > --- a/meson_options.txt
> > > > +++ b/meson_options.txt
> > > > +option('ree_compiler_sdk', type: 'string', value: '',
> > > > + description: 'path to REE compiler SDK optional library for
> > > > regex
> > > device')
> > >
> > > Is this SDK specific to Marvell or octeontx2?
> > > If yes, it should appear here.
> >
> > Yes, it is specific to Marvell.
> >
> > >
> > > Why this SDK requires setting the path manually?
> > > Well designed libs should use pkg-config.
>
> You didn't reply this question.
> Really I would prefer avoiding this ugly meson option.
> Please rework the REE SDK to use pkg-config.
>
It is required to be set manually mainly when cross compiling
The target library will not be part of the host system.
