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 0AE12456E6; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:07:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7F140E16; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:07:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fhigh3-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh3-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.154]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7284940A6D for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:07:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailfhigh.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA839114006D; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:07:13 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1722283633; x=1722370033; bh=9DW6vn4YmicU0VgaQ1aJYNrGOhja3ZVb7zgL8+2LqeE=; b= Avhq81xvEyrDqY1aySAoMG6712HVw6UR81FobQQ+8OwSPoUxBA7Gdw4OyIlxXweW 03s4hqwpmJ+Q4pveS3q4PIHZn+jog19V8fpCVFOlPMgc0ottEY9ltSXSWaY8sntC vYiqJYuIebfcWRzN9BiV4IKcZ9e7jliCXTT+UnH85NsLRspftkQ0+/Q0YTI3wi6M /KiXjChQF12QaETWurklbMW8184eUcssIGsGn1aW3lk9b/M6cPFHl+Zmd9RB8kK0 a5PwMzYmsuhqwjHvXXXwEGE6XyxbZ197u6TwIYJ+LvZmKtQ16FFDx0OE45pO0Eet DOHH5eoPuQBRymm7hOoBSw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1722283633; x= 1722370033; bh=9DW6vn4YmicU0VgaQ1aJYNrGOhja3ZVb7zgL8+2LqeE=; b=Z 1TljTDSDN4Nza23wNRp4xedRLHRA8GW74ERvBd8ImzUxNnylnfUyp5osR68N/eIF aahOeu8SRG/br+3g/uig11L0ZDIL1hYLNzCFsK9Q9kEgDvxvYqhpQwO5828w6ZYg RHnWnWEnTbrdZQ2rzNzr0mwtHGowWF2TbsBdZRvEWNyjS3aDQZvP5+lth81mEnen QWJRM1/KbHjc+k2BRJgeH40MijvQicuiics5MUASXW/lqODI/AOVt4TFoKDy8ETm F/GTX2UieEXgqoZcAN3w1ckmkqmRIHQRDF+wQ2S8Sq+lKqZ0/sv52DpwzV6dvXPF eLK2inHjW87Ea/mb0op6A== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeftddrjedvgddugeejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthhqredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeefhefgjeelvdduudeifeejheeiiefgieelveffgeeufeduteef geeviefgjeelteenucffohhmrghinhepkhgvrhhnvghlrdhorhhgpdguphgukhdrohhrgh enucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhho mhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedt X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:07:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Morten =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Br=F8rup?= , dev@dpdk.org, Patrick Robb , Aaron Conole , dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update minimum Linux kernel version Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:07:10 +0200 Message-ID: <2213386.C4sosBPzcN@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20240216094252.0d3505fa@hermes.local> References: <20240110165751.26569-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F223@smartserver.smartshare.dk> <20240216094252.0d3505fa@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 16/02/2024 18:42, Stephen Hemminger: > On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:29:47 +0100 > Morten Br=C3=B8rup wrote: >=20 > > The system requirements in the Getting Started Guide [1] says: > >=20 > > Kernel version >=3D 4.14 > > The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable ker= nel available at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development. > > Compatibility for recent distribution kernels will be kept, notably RHE= L/CentOS 7. > >=20 > > [1]: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html#system-software > >=20 > > If we consider it API breakage to change that, we have to wait until th= e 24.11 release. > > For future DPDK LTS releases, we should be more careful about what we c= laim to support. And again: If we claim to support something, people expect= it to be tested in CI. > >=20 > > Disregarding the API breakage by stopping support for a system we claim= to support... RHEL7 testing was changed to LTS only [2], that should proba= bly have been applied to CentOS 7 too. > >=20 > > [2]: https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/CAJvnSUBcq3gznQD4k=3DkrQ+gu2OxTxA2YJBc= =3DJ=3DLtidFXqgg_hg@mail.gmail.com/ > >=20 >=20 > This patch is too late for 24.03 release, by the time the next one happen= s, > we can drop CentOS 7 as well as the old kernel. Applied this kernel minimum bump. Please send another patch for dropping RHEL/CentOS 7.