[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add kernel version deprecation notice

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Feb 14 11:38:11 CET 2018


14/02/2018 11:31, Luca Boccassi:
> On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 00:58 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger:
> > > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement.
> > > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > > ---
> > > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum
> > > required
> > > +  version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. Therefore
> > > the planned
> > > +  minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be next
> > > oldest Long
> > > +  Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended kernel
> > > version is
> > > +  the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14.
> > 
> > We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not
> > satisfy the
> > minimal requirement.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> 
> Note that 3.10 is dead as well since last year (as I discovered with
> immense joy when I had to backport meltdown fixes...), the next LTS in
> 3.16 which will be maintained until 04/2020.

I am with 3.16.
Can we ack 3.16 and I do the change when applying?


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