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

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2017-09-26 at 08:17 +0100, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 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.
>      The kernel version in use can be checked using the command::
>  
>          uname -r

Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi