From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] build: announce requirement for C11
Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 08:35:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230503153544.GB7537@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230503151413.14915-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 04:14:13PM +0100, 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/DBAPR08MB58148CEC3E1454E8848A938998AB9@DBAPR08MB5814.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> ---
> 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
suggest adding an additional qualification that
C11 conformant compiler including support for optional standard atomics
does NOT #define __STDC_NO_ATOMICS__ 1
which requires providing the stdatomic.h header and feature. this
shouldn't be contentious since both gcc and clang have support.
Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> +
> * 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-03 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-03 15:14 Bruce Richardson
2023-05-03 15:35 ` Tyler Retzlaff [this message]
2023-05-03 15:37 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-05-03 15:39 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-05-03 15:45 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-05-03 15:57 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-05-03 16:07 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-05-03 16:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-05-03 17:30 ` [PATCH v2] " Bruce Richardson
2023-05-04 7:50 ` Mattias Rönnblom
2023-05-04 8:48 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-05-04 15:24 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-05-03 21:34 ` [PATCH] " Morten Brørup
2023-05-17 17:34 ` [PATCH v3] " Bruce Richardson
2023-05-19 12:19 ` Aaron Conole
2023-05-19 20:01 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-07-20 8:22 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-07-20 10:56 ` Jerin Jacob
2023-07-28 9:34 ` Thomas Monjalon
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