[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add kernel version deprecation notice

Olivier Matz olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Wed Feb 14 11:26:47 CET 2018


On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 12:58:34AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger:
> > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement.
> > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required
> > +  version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. Therefore the planned
> > +  minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be next oldest Long
> > +  Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended kernel version is
> > +  the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14.
> 
> We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not satisfy the
> minimal requirement.
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>

Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>


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