[RFC] doc: update required Mingw version
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Add a required version for mingw. The version is selected is
the version available for Debian oldstable (Bullseye) as listed on:
https://www.mingw-w64.org/downloads/
The 10.0 version was released in 4/4/2022,
The current upstream version 11.0.
Also drop note about Ubuntu 16.04 because that release is EOL
and the if using a current version of Ubuntu, the package will
not be a problem.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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doc/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.rst | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Building the DPDK and its applications requires one of the following
environments:
* LLVM 14.0.0 (or later) and Microsoft MSVC linker.
-* The MinGW-w64 toolchain (either native or cross).
+* The MinGW-w64 10.0 (or later) toolchain (either native or cross).
* Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 (any edition).
- note Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 does not currently build enough
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ and ensure the Windows SDK is selected.
Option 2. MinGW-w64 Toolchain
-----------------------------
-On Linux, i.e. for cross-compilation, install MinGW-w64 via a package manager.
-Version 4.0.4 for Ubuntu 16.04 cannot be used due to a
-`MinGW-w64 bug <https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/562/>`_.
-
On Windows, obtain the latest version installer from
`MinGW-w64 repository <https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/>`_.
Any thread model (POSIX or Win32) can be chosen, DPDK does not rely on it.