Re: [PATCH] doc: update minimum Linux kernel version

[Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>]

Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com> writes:

>> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17.58
>> 
>> The last version of 4.14 kernel was just released (4.14.336),
>> and it is now end of life. Update the DPDK kernel minimum version
>> to the next LTS kernel version.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
>> ---
>>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> index 13be715933f4..9c5282573e4a 100644
>> --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
>> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ System Software
>> 
>>  **Required:**
>> 
>> -*   Kernel version >= 4.14
>> +*   Kernel version >= 4.19
>> 
>>      The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term
>> stable kernel available
>>      at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development.
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>
> I wonder if any automated tests are using this specific kernel
> version, or if we are only testing using the distros' native
> kernels. @Aaron?

I believe that we generally try to keep to the distro version.  There
are some exceptions for specific platforms (that is to support specific
pieces of hardware, but those are very recent).

> Regardless, the documented version requirement needs updating, so...
>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>