> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richard...@intel.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2025 19.19 > > 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 <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > --- > 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
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com>
