On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:34:43 +0200 Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote:
> 03/08/2023 15:36, David Marchand: > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 2:32 PM Bruce Richardson > > <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > > As previously announced, DPDK 23.11 will require a C11 supporting > > > compiler and will use the C11 standard in all builds. > > > > > > Forcing use of the C standard, rather than the standard with > > > GNU extensions, means that some posix definitions which are not in > > > the C standard are unavailable by default. We fix this by ensuring > > > the correct defines or cflags are passed to the components that > > > need them. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > > Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com> > > > Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> > > Tested-by: Ali Alnubani <alia...@nvidia.com> > > > > The CI results look good. > > > > Applied, thanks! > > The compiler support is updated, that's fine. > Should we go further and document some major Linux distributions? > One concern is to make clear RHEL 7 is not supported anymore. > Should it be a release note? > > Should be addressed in linux/sys_reqs.rst as well as deprecation notice. Also, is it possible to add automated check in build for compiler version?
