[dpdk-dev] DPDK kernel requirements

[Thomas Monjalon]

31/01/2018 01:31, Stephen Hemminger:
> Where is the minimum Linux kernel version requirement documented.
> 
> For 18.02 the version should be kernel version 3.2 or greater.

It is your patch:
	http://dpdk.org/commit/90f3229fc0

> Since 3.2 will EOL if May, for 18.05 the requirement will advance to next LTS kernel
> which is 3.16. It would be good to put in a deprecation warning about that in 18.02
> release; for warned is for armed.

Yes, feel free to write a deprecation notice in
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst

> Since 3.16 is good until April 2020, it will be several more releases until the
> horizon can be moved again.

OK thanks for the info.