From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968D31B758 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:55:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id u138so22797261wmu.4 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:55:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=djzZR4DDzDYk5fgok+cPZoaMgX7s1tVY2JKrZMHbqqM=; b=Im58aHjk8dXof96zzepTRumdOzBcNjgDDos3D3nmWZLD3oIS9SNmOQ/qdAoc8wL5Yl 3kZ4g0+8Zrva0Gmn6pnTx5t/xkW+CWdDB0TTUwQhKlC742sFhqTHq36L2HedaIHpNcoD Q9huVWDT1cF03SyZp7+nWhf09FK4EmwsaujzYU1fY8By36BIUvpVBObEO3/604qK2j98 4n2GDquV8DtQuhJMLh7ytqm2ivTzc9iAyEto5oDRGJEaJIK2DoBCj0D4EkE7qrEQoOC1 lHDmQhAg0Eeqx7pQVFSZROHnLKlGn9XwhvSB6lpfUU7JWAIcD5El6mcnfXnyZFQIexev V2xQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaVVqEQvcaiZaUofXnQlO7k3Yc8wOFBSVPVKRA4GCA3QczgO9zOQ Q2hLdTX3sl+26PPKRC1HGp4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+RdPZzkmK+HHRgWcGGnYpXCdO2FKJ3uKvwVIoqeep+tmAadEemLa2Qk5CpecY8oPp9de2SvwA== X-Received: by 10.28.210.5 with SMTP id j5mr1805472wmg.15.1507910147317; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:55:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2a00:23c5:bef3:400:4a51:b7ff:fe0b:4749]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k105sm1515017wrc.90.2017.10.13.08.55.46 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1507910145.17375.5.camel@debian.org> From: Luca Boccassi To: "Mcnamara, John" , "dev@dpdk.org" , Neil Horman , Christian Ehrhardt Cc: "Richardson, Bruce" , "Yigit, Ferruh" , Stephen Hemminger Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:55:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <20170926071712.25009-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1+deb9u1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:55:47 -0000 On Fri, 2017-10-13 at 15:49 +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen > > Hemminger > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:17 AM > > To: dev@dpdk.org > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel > >=20 > > The DPDK needs to stay up to date with current LTS Linux kernel > > support. > > If the kernel is older than LTS it is likely to be insecure and > > buggy. > > Therefore only require DPDK to work on oldest LTS kernel. > >=20 > > If distribution vendors want to support DPDK on older kernels, that > > is > > their choice. But the upstream source does not need to be cluttered > > with > > support for this. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > --- > > =C2=A0doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 4 +++- > > =C2=A01 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >=20 > > diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > index eb8442c62226..b335da2c086d 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > @@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ System Software > >=20 > > =C2=A0**Required:** > >=20 > > -*=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Kernel version >=3D 2.6.34 > > +*=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Kernel version >=3D 3.2.93 > >=20 > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0The kernel version required is based on the ol= dest long term > > stable > > kernel available > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0at kernel.org when the DPDK version is release= d. >=20 > Hi, >=20 > OSV people, any objection to this? >=20 > John IMHO oldest LTS is a reasonable requirement. --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi