[dpdk-dev] RHEL 7 support

[Honnappa Nagarahalli]

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> Hi,
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> I would like to open a discussion about RHEL 7 support in DPDK.
> How long do we want to support it in new DPDK versions?
> Can we drop RHEL 7 support starting DPDK 21.11?
I think the concerns were from Redhat and Intel.

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> If we decide to drop RHEL 7 support, does it mean we can generally use
> standard C11 atomics?
What is the next RHEL version we support officially?
If we adopt C11 atomic APIs, we need to think about windows support too.

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> What other benefits or impacts can you think about?
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