From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6F7457B4; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:13:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D21402C5; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:13:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f174.google.com (mail-pl1-f174.google.com [209.85.214.174]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC4E402A8 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:13:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f174.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1fd70ba6a15so46038005ad.0 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:13:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1723583616; x=1724188416; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=4pJ2LCDfaMlodxT/Vubaf/mBvEYxxOkWsc1HX3EYnd0=; b=Tnf/L48wue6e95G5AGzERAn2Utce847Vhz8dbsDYX5o5sU1/ki+/5TZ0FU7EtAqSpz Cg3CviEwZgOnzcU6DNf6TLrB5wxPtFP7CUnoliobxWzxOM5KERp2R7xtC43ZiENQKbXS RDz/fyfSzoFr45VOEkWmwueEPOriEMAvl73rKuDugfC7DsfqPUNJEoLZLrlD7BR17O2N DSi6xNI0x4fWV5Xe5QdAFeXGo4BzUHNsr5dqZa4roJxLKeHEJDy8PlnxbQNHVgDpEXry r/FwyFsuGlb7F5HWSvNW/1D5wtkoBiz5YWPNgoBCB8grMiJ5zlKhMqU6rCvVRQMHGrRO sqeg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1723583616; x=1724188416; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4pJ2LCDfaMlodxT/Vubaf/mBvEYxxOkWsc1HX3EYnd0=; b=OLIQ5mmnV2dcRpJ5LaNjo6EpPmoslLkbTkv12mYd2afaRHLoeYOMakzm4kChWigQdO Mi8Hxj+qGlOxgQEAZ4hyiMubPQzjdONcq71OFK7Oo275LdsSJ4RVzSov3yFcwl2aZadM sstqyKFmvbBP/vPBWVShCge5SXqf8HUwYfTgGbGOpFtlJWWbsL965fDf4nBMQT/6iMGN zGJQTjcNv/i6IGp2glrf0x3KZS/NTolL4lzpnEUHe6Fo9I5PIAk5u0chru+n0GL8q8ao MIDV6G+mQyFBvCFD0t2vVX4tVOwCI3BBbzgpuZzaUhJ/naNIxmKnR8gCi5aN2dqgt+Ab lKLg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw+HYtHAq1OfqFjPmeHkQn7J2183oPTh2jaFx76+zQi1z5rIr/y xHdc9J6DqQOC1HVudCdRXmJxat1ZZi3iSlNoaIsdx8micjNpDKtFDGuVZhIF94iQVgjoZ5Temko ypo8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFqRR1nHcipQQ5kwZwXIG+ddkOgUTl4iSFTVenVlFsuFO205TYRyJxFMBqnV4oDFd7lTXd6/g== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:d4cb:b0:1fd:93d2:fb94 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-201d64b4f49mr8709665ad.48.1723583615990; Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-201cd1b7f2bsm17838965ad.198.2024.08.13.14.13.35 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:13:33 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Morten =?UTF-8?B?QnLDuHJ1cA==?= Cc: Subject: Re: Linux kernel version for DPDK 24.11 Message-ID: <20240813141333.23541e4b@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F626@smartserver.smartshare.dk> References: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F626@smartserver.smartshare.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:53:55 +0200 Morten Br=C3=B8rup wrote: > Stephen, >=20 > Kernel 4.19 will reach EOL in December 2024 [1], so we should skip ahead = to 5.4 (projected EOL December 2025) or 5.10 (projected EOL December 2026). >=20 > For reference, the CIP project provides a SLTS (Super Long-Time Stable) k= ernel based on version 5.10 [2]. Their previous SLTS was based on kernel ve= rsion 4.19. >=20 > Based on the above information, it could make sense updating the DPDK min= imum requirements for DPDK 24.11 to kernel version 5.10. >=20 > You usually have a good overview of what is going on in the relevant dist= ros. Could you please provide a doc patch like you have done before [3]. >=20 > [1]: https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > [2]: https://www.cip-project.org/blog/2022/04/04/cip-expands-work-on-slts= -kernel-maintenance > [3]: https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/doc/guides/linux_gsg?id=3D0b9db7caa= 8c223a541a323793068bc920789331c >=20 >=20 > Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards, > -Morten Br=C3=B8rup >=20 Yes, but we still have to support the distro's (Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL) which= may have older kernels. Kernel version doesn't matter as much now that drivers are gone. But the is= sue is more about potentially missing stuff in header files.