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

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Nov 15 16:55:36 CET 2017


On 11/11/2017 8:30 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 26/09/2017 09:17, 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 +++-
> [...]
>>  **Required:**
>>  
>> -*   Kernel version >= 2.6.34
>> +*   Kernel version >= 3.2.93
> 
> I think we should not specify any minor number. 3.2 is enough.
> 
> It would make more sense to change this constraint at the beginning
> of a release cycle.

If agreed on this, I can send a few cleanup patches for kni and igb_uio after
this patch applied.

> 



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