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

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Mar 16 16:50:35 CET 2021


On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:52:52 +0000
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:

> On 3/16/2021 10:59 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 03/03/2021 19:28, Stephen Hemminger:  
> >> The DPDK project is only committed to supporting upstream kernel
> >> versions that are still in support.
> >> The 3.16 kernel has reached End Of Life (in June 2020).
> >> The next LTS kernel is 4.19 and is supported until December 2024.
> >>
> >> This does not change the existing policy that distribution kernels
> >> that are older are still supported.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> >> ---
> >>   **Required:**
> >>   
> >> -*   Kernel version >= 3.16
> >> +*   Kernel version >= 4.19  
> > 
> > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > 
> >   
> 
> No objection, but I see 4.4 is the oldest LTS, and there are a few in the middle 
> till 4.19 [1]. Is 4.19 selected specially?

Agree should be 4.4, I miss read one of the huge spreadsheets of releases.
Wikipedia and kernel.org both say 4.4 is supported until Feb 2022.

So we need to support 4.4 through 22.02 release


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