New upstream version 18.11-rc4

[deb_dpdk.git] / doc / build-sdk-meson.txt

diff --git a/doc/build-sdk-meson.txt b/doc/build-sdk-meson.txt
index 508e2cb..a4dd091 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/build-sdk-meson.txt
+++ b/doc/build-sdk-meson.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Installing the Compiled Files
 
 Use ``ninja install`` to install the required DPDK files onto the system.
 The install prefix defaults to ``/usr/local`` but can be used as with other
 
 Use ``ninja install`` to install the required DPDK files onto the system.
 The install prefix defaults to ``/usr/local`` but can be used as with other

-options above. The environment variable ``DEST_DIR`` can be used to adjust
+options above. The environment variable ``DESTDIR`` can be used to adjust

 the root directory for the install, for example when packaging.
 
 With the base install directory, the individual directories for libraries
 the root directory for the install, for example when packaging.
 
 With the base install directory, the individual directories for libraries


@@ -203,3 +203,9 @@ From examples/helloworld/Makefile::
 
        build:
                @mkdir -p $@
 
        build:
                @mkdir -p $@

+
+NOTE: for --static builds, DPDK needs to be built with Meson >= 0.46 in order to
+fully generate the list of private dependencies. If DPDK is built with an older
+version of Meson, it might be necessary to manually specify dependencies of DPDK
+PMDs/libraries, for example -lmlx5 -lmnl for librte-pmd-mlx5, or the static link
+step might fail.