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 D228D46536; Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:18:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C5C40267; Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:18:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.11]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C8440264 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:18:40 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1744132721; x=1775668721; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=KSzZSty3e19XD04rhRyHfe7MTBOq+n3Rghwwgo6PxmE=; b=gGeFI8Hbj5B+IV/17kI8+TQHqRrdO6mPgOhuh7xMYmq/I01CYho2Agpi 3yUTf5idJlNN8sZJ1O0dJ4Oal1wcL3GqBh/zHJ3MVybspALnTOG1ZlPdU Nbfs+WwiNoZVlAIj/omdWRarIwLBt7VMZjXkh10dCCNXn3fLlzXVom4t8 OseRASuElRpe/exT0jjPVS2VKGaU5kS4fLemV6Yo502w2Pt1jYyuCGgAD z5LEyc6YOPYq8jBjBbUudW7nx4FnxRZKadHfHK/EEphg9mCGnlEfwkFq3 r1A4xfKMrpU5vYSH9VHAneMi+dCZYX19Ax6/V7luCpcp0+XCD6nmJzZPq Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 73JBMmSNTyGt0c5dvbbJEg== X-CSE-MsgGUID: Z+RVakTjTPS4a2zqamIV6A== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6700,10204,11397"; a="56247178" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.15,198,1739865600"; d="scan'208";a="56247178" Received: from orviesa010.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.150]) by fmvoesa105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 08 Apr 2025 10:18:40 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: t1rR8KKDSBGnYHwNwYUbXQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: V5ncqAgLQbiP8PgIVq6yRw== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.15,198,1739865600"; d="scan'208";a="128231191" Received: from unknown (HELO silpixa00401385.ir.intel.com) ([10.237.214.31]) by orviesa010.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Apr 2025 10:18:39 -0700 From: Bruce Richardson To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Bruce Richardson Subject: [PATCH] doc/linux_gsg: update recommended compiler versions Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 18:18:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20250408171835.2833766-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.45.2 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 Rather than specifying a minimum compiler version, update the docs to recommend a particular compiler version. In other words, earlier versions may work, but are not officially supported, or may give reduced functionality. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 4c9d0c55c0..0acd26f260 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Compilation of the DPDK For details on Linux distributions and the versions tested, please consult the DPDK Release Notes. * 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+), + including standard atomics, for example: + GCC (version 8.0+ recommended) or Clang (version 7+ recommended), 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"`` -- 2.45.2