From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA5E1B485; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:41:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CB1630001D8; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ktraynor.remote.csb (unknown [10.36.118.13]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39681001F41; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:41:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Kevin Traynor To: dev@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com Cc: Kevin Traynor Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:40:53 +0100 Message-Id: <20181010094053.21616-1-ktraynor@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.43]); Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: note min required kernel version increase for 19.02 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: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:41:59 -0000 Updating docs to reflect decision made at the techboard that the min kernel version should be bumped from 3.2 to the latest longterm stable release (3.16), but that compatiblity for commonly used distribution kernels should be kept also. Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor --- I namechecked RHEL/CentOS 7 because they have a 3.10 based kernel and were discussed. I can add others if requested, but not needed if their base version is >= 3.16. Not discussed at techboard, but I added that the change will happen for 19.02, so that any impacted users have some time and an LTS before the change. Can change that if required. doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index e2230f3..ef97db9 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -104,4 +104,10 @@ System Software uname -r +.. note:: + + Kernel version 3.2 is no longer a kernel.org longterm stable kernel. For DPDK 19.02 the minimum + required kernel will be updated to the current kernel.org oldest longterm stable supported kernel + 3.16 or recent versions of common distributions, notably RHEL/CentOS 7. + * glibc >= 2.7 (for features related to cpuset) -- 2.9.5