Hi Jerin, > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerin Jacob <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:04 PM > To: Joyce Kong (Arm Technology China) <[email protected]> > Cc: dpdk-dev <[email protected]>; nd <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Honnappa Nagarahalli > <[email protected]>; Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China) > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1] doc: update cross build tool links and fix > compiling issue > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 8:10 AM Joyce Kong <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Update cross build tool links as newer cross build tools version are > > provided on Linaro. > > And remove the command 'git checkout' which results in compiling error > > when cross building. > > > > Fixes: 01add9da25cd ("doc: add cross compiling guide") > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > Signed-off-by: Joyce Kong <[email protected]> > > --- > > doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst | 15 > > +++++++-------- > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > index 28a8e09..09f1ab0 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst > > @@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ Obtain the cross tool chain The latest cross > > compile tool chain can be downloaded from: > > https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-a/downloads. > > > > -Following is the step to get the version 8.2, latest one at the time of > > this > writing. > > +Following is the step to get the version 8.3, latest one at the time of > > this > writing. > > > > .. code-block:: console > > > > - wget https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-a/8.2- > 2019.01/gcc-arm-8.2-2019.01-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz > > + wget > > + https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-a/8.3- > 2019.03/ > > + binrel/gcc-arm-8.3-2019.03-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz > > Could you use the URL with "latest" as softlink so that we don't need to > update this page as when a new toolchain released? > > Since it owned by ARM, if the soft link scheme does not exist on the > "https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads";, I hope it can be > added. It will be a good addition. Thoughts?
As the latest soft link doesn't exist, I changed the cross building example from 8.3 to a common description like gcc-arm-<version>-x86_64-aarch64-linux-gnu.
