From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70A142A50; Wed, 3 May 2023 17:14:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6544841144; Wed, 3 May 2023 17:14:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020FC410F9; Wed, 3 May 2023 17:14:21 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1683126862; x=1714662862; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=OcNQHL2W0qPTmSb4ekaSwsIeePV+xoz01MUZ43a/FwM=; b=i3leQ+fbsawNQjZNZWH1b0aznL4i8IFZzQxs8En7hzonBJliuJmy91V7 e0g8+BAO+W8Q+drfN7GSTJ2B6iYJX838Ku+HNouHQb/Y8/rTFkSG6ixpx DSSHOOUMhOyxHfERFzm0ySbKyCubhwGiwJmPlSwJmCeTL+7DYCOBml6mt PKixeQoql+x3MEdOOZVDeRRM/Tb6Y7NXPyS8UP6qnAOdypK3ZTMDYuIHj V0CrUJ5BxXZmaaOhHGhVZhW66AQgsNe5A3S0vB6Q1YBFnZ/BDr4Fre6NO xh3CnQKz14I4USrbJYEwXDo/p2DzxObJlyQysj+ZM3WhLXmxBrEKmmEGQ g==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10699"; a="348720718" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.99,247,1677571200"; d="scan'208";a="348720718" Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 03 May 2023 08:14:20 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10699"; a="808309827" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.99,247,1677571200"; d="scan'208";a="808309827" Received: from silpixa00401385.ir.intel.com ([10.237.214.40]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 03 May 2023 08:14:20 -0700 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson Subject: [PATCH] build: announce requirement for C11 Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 16:14:13 +0100 Message-Id: <20230503151413.14915-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 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/DBAPR08MB58148CEC3E1454E8848A938998AB9@DBAPR08MB5814.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com/ Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index dcc1ca1696..9a391d2c49 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- +* C Compiler: From DPDK 23.11 onwards, + building DPDK will require a C compiler which supports the C11 standard, or later. + Please note: + - C11 is supported from GCC version 5 onwards, and is the default language version in that release + - C11 is the default compilation mode in Clang from version 3.6 + * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case. -- 2.39.2