[dpdk-dev] UIO RTE_INTR_MODE_NONE issue.

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Jul 6 19:36:31 CEST 2015


On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 14:36:15 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> 2015-07-03 12:58, Stephen Hemminger:
> > PPS: With DPDK 2.2 it would be good to move the minimum kernel version up to 3.0
> > since that is what current stable distro's are using.
> 
> Yes, this is something to consider.
> Please send a doc patch to open the discussion.

Something like??


diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst
index d87230a..715a03c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ Any kernel greater than version 2.6.33 can be used without any patches applied.
 
         (not mandatory, but recommended on a NUMA system to support per-NUMA node hugepages allocation)
 
+If starting a new project it worth using the latest stable version of a distribution.
+The next version of the DPDK 2.2 will require kernel version 3.0 or later.
+
 .. note::
 
     Blue text in the lists above are direct links to the patch downloads.


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