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"``
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