On 5/3/2023 4:14 PM, 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> > --- > 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. >
This only applies to DPDK internals, right? Application linked with DPDK library won't have this requirement, meaning DPDK public headers won't rely on C99 and C11 features. Although this is a deprecation notice for DPDK, if above is correct, does it make sense to highlight it to not confuse users?
