[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update the OS versions

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/17/2020 5:10 AM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> Update the OS versions. Remove some old OS versions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst | 8 +++-----
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> index d9a7d87930..898c71ef1e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> @@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ Operating Systems supported:
>   
>   * Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.1 (Ootpa)
>   * Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.0 (Ootpa)
> +* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.8 (Maipo)
>   * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo)
>   * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo)
>   * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
> -* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
> -* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
> -* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
> +* CentOS Linux release 8.1
>   * CentOS Linux release 8.0
> +* CentOS Linux release 7.8
>   * CentOS Linux release 7.7
>   * CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810
>   * CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804
> -* CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708
>   * Fedora 31
>   * FreeBSD 12.1
>   * Suse 15SP1
> @@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ Operating Systems supported:
>   * Ubuntu 18.04
>   * Ubuntu 16.10
>   * Ubuntu 16.04
> -* Ubuntu 14.04
>   

Should we keep the supported OS list per PMD? I think other-way around makes 
more sense, to document if a DPDK supported OS is not supporting this particular 
PMD.

If the intention is to document the tested platforms with this device, I think 
you are already documenting it in the release notes.