From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <john.mcnamara@intel.com> Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A421B77B for <dev@dpdk.org>; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:50:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Oct 2017 08:50:31 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.43,371,1503385200"; d="scan'208";a="162833436" Received: from irsmsx152.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.66]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Oct 2017 08:50:30 -0700 Received: from irsmsx156.ger.corp.intel.com (10.108.20.68) by IRSMSX152.ger.corp.intel.com (163.33.192.66) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.319.2; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:49:08 +0100 Received: from irsmsx103.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.49]) by IRSMSX156.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.33]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:49:08 +0100 From: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com> To: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Neil Horman <nhorman@redhat.com>, "Luca Boccassi" <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>, Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> CC: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel Thread-Index: AQHTNpeWHrXrQFYRJEu8PCezlJe5aKLiB/hw Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:49:07 +0000 Message-ID: <B27915DBBA3421428155699D51E4CFE23EDD1BD6@IRSMSX103.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20170926071712.25009-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> In-Reply-To: <20170926071712.25009-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ctpclassification: CTP_IC x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiMzA2OGE2YmUtNTJiNS00OThlLWI3NjUtZWYzZDA0NzIzN2JmIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX0lDIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE2LjUuOS4zIiwiVHJ1c3RlZExhYmVsSGFzaCI6ImJkUWNUTFlEWDhiWDNma0hQZVVnYXZZWVZvU3BVM1BSOG8xYU9tMnoxY2c9In0= dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.0.116 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.180] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://dpdk.org/ml/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:50:32 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:17 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel >=20 > The DPDK needs to stay up to date with current LTS Linux kernel support. > If the kernel is older than LTS it is likely to be insecure and buggy. > Therefore only require DPDK to work on oldest LTS kernel. >=20 > If distribution vendors want to support DPDK on older kernels, that is > their choice. But the upstream source does not need to be cluttered with > support for this. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> > --- > doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >=20 > diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > index eb8442c62226..b335da2c086d 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > @@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ System Software >=20 > **Required:** >=20 > -* Kernel version >=3D 2.6.34 > +* Kernel version >=3D 3.2.93 >=20 > + The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable > kernel available > + at kernel.org when the DPDK version is released. Hi, OSV people, any objection to this? John