From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F871B2F4 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:58:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B2C20C77; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:58:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:58:44 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=GtA9HaR9aa/g7Aae9cQJmRJ+QI 0MX4ltFutSXkJYhJM=; b=kkaNVll6jO3JqaEvGObn878RtoB16UFaP1WF1v1jSY AlezAzTEr60zitjUIin0DLFVJQLUlIwcR2V8VpOuvAGVjZMwMtDh34sVFLfjmj25 Hzysdah6ooyE5g70X7rHUfr7KLYwdKiwRrz8K8MIicO+HKua1+CB19ExGZLhGdSF M= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=GtA9Ha R9aa/g7Aae9cQJmRJ+QI0MX4ltFutSXkJYhJM=; b=Msd+tWvfNlqNLK6LTS0dPw Qun83PveLrWj/p5/qjFfO0NyAPMJ7o5pQcyI31gCcNqd9G8txxWOMq5Qgq5Lgz2a Q2e45pL2X1WsPFyt7bI/TBUKdRPsloLYryTwyTapdjR7cNRtjqHX/PcId3twMANT WYrm+dwmPy98+fHNL70UPE+lw/wA+CHaDHQ9+FvhWZE1qdoMoF3v+ojxDos5/VzS zU8GweWaU1nxtf7pt7bowolHvFlMIbwoBgiKB5mavaAFesNbIxViTVcg2AY2fs7r m5CUgxYwhaWMHX/XdnmXnBqSuQTDB3Hd50BAaJNYo8gg4T5+PuTzIJMo03vt7N1w == X-ME-Sender: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7905A7E4C7; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:58:44 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:58:34 +0100 Message-ID: <2393289.cND9ge7AvX@xps> In-Reply-To: <20180131152709.13853-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> References: <20180131152709.13853-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add kernel version deprecation notice 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: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:58:45 -0000 31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger: > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement. > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > --- > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required > + version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. Therefore the planned > + minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be next oldest Long > + Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended kernel version is > + the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14. We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not satisfy the minimal requirement. Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon