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[v2] doc/linux_gsg: update recommended compiler versions

Message ID 20250610093351.1321520-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com (mailing list archive)
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Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Bruce Richardson June 10, 2025, 9:33 a.m. UTC 
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.

Since we don't require that many version-specific features, recommend
the compiler verions included in our oldest officially-supported distro.
Those versions (GCC 8 & Clang 7) provide all needed functionality.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
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 doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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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"``