[PATCH] build: update DPDK to use C11 standard

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

As previously announced, DPDK 23.11 will require a C11 supporting
compiler and will use the C11 standard in all builds.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

---

When moving the information about the new requirement to the release
notes, a change like this doesn't seem to fit into any existing section.
Given its global scope and importance, I've therefore just put it on
top of the file, rather than in any section.
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst      |  3 ++-
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst   | 18 ------------------
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 meson.build                            |  1 +
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index dfeaf4e1c5..13be715933 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
     The setup commands and installed packages needed on various systems may be different.
     For details on Linux distributions and the versions tested, please consult the DPDK Release Notes.
 
-*   General development tools including a supported C compiler such as gcc (version 4.9+) or clang (version 3.4+),
+*   General development tools including a C compiler supporting the C11 standard,
+    including standard atomics, for example: GCC (version 5.0+) or Clang (version 3.6+),
     and ``pkg-config`` or ``pkgconf`` to be used when building end-user binaries against DPDK.
 
     * For RHEL/Fedora systems these can be installed using ``dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"``
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 494b401cda..cc939d3c67 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -17,24 +17,6 @@ Other API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted below.
 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.
-
-  More specifically, the requirements will be:
-
-  * Support for flag "-std=c11" (or similar)
-  * __STDC_NO_ATOMICS__ is *not defined* when using c11 flag
-
-  Please note:
-
-  * C11, including standard atomics, is supported from GCC version 5 onwards,
-    and is the default language version in that release
-    (Ref: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html)
-  * C11 is the default compilation mode in Clang from version 3.6,
-    which also added support for standard atomics
-    (Ref: https://releases.llvm.org/3.6.0/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html)
-
 * build: Enabling deprecated libraries (``flow_classify``, ``kni``)
   won't be possible anymore through the use of the ``disable_libs`` build option.
   A new build option for deprecated libraries will be introduced instead.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst
index 6b4dd21fd0..c8b9ed456c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,23 @@ DPDK Release 23.11
       ninja -C build doc
       xdg-open build/doc/guides/html/rel_notes/release_23_11.html
 
+* Build Requirements: From DPDK 23.11 onwards,
+  building DPDK will require a C compiler which supports the C11 standard,
+  including support for C11 standard atomics.
+
+  More specifically, the requirements will be:
+
+  * Support for flag "-std=c11" (or similar)
+  * __STDC_NO_ATOMICS__ is *not defined* when using c11 flag
+
+  Please note:
+
+  * C11, including standard atomics, is supported from GCC version 5 onwards,
+    and is the default language version in that release
+    (Ref: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html)
+  * C11 is the default compilation mode in Clang from version 3.6,
+    which also added support for standard atomics
+    (Ref: https://releases.llvm.org/3.6.0/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html)
 
 New Features
 ------------
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 39cb73846d..70b54f0c98 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ project('DPDK', 'c',
         license: 'BSD',
         default_options: [
             'buildtype=release',
+            'c_std=c11',
             'default_library=static',
             'warning_level=2',
         ],
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