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-rw-r--r--samples/bpf/README.rst22
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index 26fc96ca619e..d06144613ca2 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ TPROGLDLIBS_xdpsock += -pthread -lcap
TPROGLDLIBS_xsk_fwd += -pthread
# Allows pointing LLC/CLANG to a LLVM backend with bpf support, redefine on cmdline:
-# make M=samples/bpf/ LLC=~/git/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm/build/bin/clang
+# make M=samples/bpf LLC=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/clang
LLC ?= llc
CLANG ?= clang
OPT ?= opt
diff --git a/samples/bpf/README.rst b/samples/bpf/README.rst
index dd34b2d26f1c..60c6494adb1b 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/samples/bpf/README.rst
@@ -62,20 +62,26 @@ To generate a smaller llc binary one can use::
-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF"
+We recommend that developers who want the fastest incremental builds
+use the Ninja build system, you can find it in your system's package
+manager, usually the package is ninja or ninja-build.
+
Quick sniplet for manually compiling LLVM and clang
-(build dependencies are cmake and gcc-c++)::
+(build dependencies are ninja, cmake and gcc-c++)::
- $ git clone http://llvm.org/git/llvm.git
- $ cd llvm/tools
- $ git clone --depth 1 http://llvm.org/git/clang.git
- $ cd ..; mkdir build; cd build
- $ cmake .. -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86"
- $ make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
+ $ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
+ $ mkdir -p llvm-project/llvm/build
+ $ cd llvm-project/llvm/build
+ $ cmake .. -G "Ninja" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86" \
+ -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" \
+ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+ -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF
+ $ ninja
It is also possible to point make to the newly compiled 'llc' or
'clang' command via redefining LLC or CLANG on the make command line::
- make M=samples/bpf LLC=~/git/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm/build/bin/clang
+ make M=samples/bpf LLC=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/clang
Cross compiling samples
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