On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 09:50:09AM +0200, Mattias Rönnblom wrote: > On 2023-05-03 19:30, Bruce Richardson wrote: > > Add a deprecation notice informing users that we will require a C11 > > compiler from 23.11 release onwards. This requirement was agreed by > > technical board to enable use of newer C language features, e.g. > > standard atomics. [1] > > > > [1] > > http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/dbapr08mb58148cec3e1454e8848a938998...@dbapr08mb5814.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com/ > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> > > > > --- > > > > V2: > > - add requirement for stdatomics > > - fix sphinx formatting > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 9 +++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index dcc1ca1696..70c6019d26 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ here. > > Deprecation Notices > > ------------------- > > +* C Compiler: From DPDK 23.11 onwards, > > + building DPDK will require a C compiler which supports the C11 standard, > > + including support for C11 standard atomics. > > The whole of C11, or just the mandatory parts (+atomics)? > I assume we only need mandatory + atomics, however perhaps someone more knowledgable about what the optional parts of the spec are, can correct me on this. Once clarified, I maybe should reword this yet again to call it out even more specificallly.
/Bruce
