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

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 11/19/2020 5:36 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:12 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
> +1
> Should we target it for 20.11 ?
>

We still have time to get doc updates for v20.11.

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