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From: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
To: Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Minimum kernel version for DPDK
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:13:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8742CC12-28E7-4777-9483-54F1AAEDC1D5@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXs5wXPH4aXwZWcZ=0HO10qmD1tnQQq_t4OKhPxrF35dtK1eA@mail.gmail.com>



> On Aug 20, 2018, at 3:46 AM, Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Maybe this is a silly question, please bear with me.
> 
> According to the “Getting Started Guide for Linux” in
> http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html,
> the kernel version should be >= 3.2.
> Accrding to my understanding, there are only two kernel modules in DPDK,
> namely rte_kni.ko and igb_iuo.ko.
> Instead of igb_uio.ko I intend to use uio_pci_generic.ko for binding the device.
> 
> I want to work with DPDK with kernel 3.1, without using rte_kni and no igb_uio
> as mentioned.
> 
> Won't the DPDK code compile for such a kernel ? won't it work ?

I would assume so as long as the kernel has huge page support. If I remember correctly that was one of the big issues with older kernels.

> 
> Regards,
> Kevin

Regards,
Keith


  reply	other threads:[~2018-08-20 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-20  8:46 Kevin Wilson
2018-08-20 12:13 ` Wiles, Keith [this message]
2018-08-20 15:06 ` Stephen Hemminger

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