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

[Stephen Hemminger]

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
-- 
2.11.0