[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Fri Oct 13 17:49:07 CEST 2017


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:17 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel
> 
> The DPDK needs to stay up to date with current LTS Linux kernel support.
> If the kernel is older than LTS it is likely to be insecure and buggy.
> Therefore only require DPDK to work on oldest LTS kernel.
> 
> If distribution vendors want to support DPDK on older kernels, that is
> their choice. But the upstream source does not need to be cluttered with
> support for this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> index eb8442c62226..b335da2c086d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> @@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ System Software
> 
>  **Required:**
> 
> -*   Kernel version >= 2.6.34
> +*   Kernel version >= 3.2.93
> 
> +    The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable
> kernel available
> +    at kernel.org when the DPDK version is released.

Hi,

OSV people, any objection to this?

John


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