[PATCH] doc: update minimum Linux kernel version

Morten Brørup mb at smartsharesystems.com
Thu Jan 11 10:18:34 CET 2024


> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17.58
> 
> The last version of 4.14 kernel was just released (4.14.336),
> and it is now end of life. Update the DPDK kernel minimum version
> to the next LTS kernel version.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> index 13be715933f4..9c5282573e4a 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ System Software
> 
>  **Required:**
> 
> -*   Kernel version >= 4.14
> +*   Kernel version >= 4.19
> 
>      The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term
> stable kernel available
>      at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development.
> --
> 2.43.0

I wonder if any automated tests are using this specific kernel version, or if we are only testing using the distros' native kernels. @Aaron?

Regardless, the documented version requirement needs updating, so...

Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>



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