From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com (mail-wm0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995228D89 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:04:51 +0100 (CET) Received: by wmww144 with SMTP id w144so45339724wmw.0 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:04:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type; bh=mJ/xzsx1g+9QjX9bPU0yQs2sthHJV6SJ+/bgfwGMvZ4=; b=lxs+45dKnoatyrHFxRtWxBInJbmBvOHOdoA6O+RjUC0zaxL9VC4grmv7n8f8AYWKuY LpFndtyySw/RVq/wckcXrdCJy3pm/xb/QvMSzr/B0yrQMJyzL3SXqiSivfcXgCQ/Fvs6 IjlR8AiFvSsC+wl+PmAOYB2psD+zmsVKDjQzXh9Pnh+GBruCfbC9TtyZ8+lW6R9f7vaP LV6OmbHfwAR1kb1l+rvN4L4lruQMOLz8IzkI68Tf+6fqW1Fk5hTrWxhNqnAdZH90qDmf cyplrJJ0GsQW7Xaf0jE7QSHslSoRs3Fn4ZeImjJa+Xgyb11rDd92nlQonoQAf6QjDgAg cN/Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization :user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=mJ/xzsx1g+9QjX9bPU0yQs2sthHJV6SJ+/bgfwGMvZ4=; b=fg1EyyTassYLMTkW2rxcM8PgRU2NHPhzy3ntzbQDACdv/r/3s5zpW3ed/qKoy7W2LM 6J7Fu6VSDkntQYOy6rAdybC0bzwD6hYm316QdAFFjHeMQqvfzdVmnwx5A2FSkF0E8LZ0 GhXSOJ2nFec7iCTftH3r/lUe4GbY7w1LmcMncqGdmQGNY+FoP77opTsQOYsgaw3cRSed AoEmPbm1LsaNk0Ln41uRpvqe+mkzA2/L+lP3hxArSp36WRXM1WR+Xr2HPX18Nz6q6KKE E0zG0l64djFx4Kwjyxs3CwBu/VsR0cZRHaQ3NBgFgsZljCQ1pjN0i8BBueC7XYYg8r+q 7qnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmgwNIKated0iBqfqxQEr/fPWU2B0iEPc+ra0u5pk47/i0161Lqym8DSJ71mgS31HWwCj1p X-Received: by 10.28.15.194 with SMTP id 185mr726640wmp.9.1448402691421; Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:04:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from xps13.localnet (136-92-190-109.dsl.ovh.fr. [109.190.92.136]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id cl5sm20162627wjc.29.2015.11.24.14.04.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:04:50 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "Mcnamara, John" Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:03:33 +0100 Message-ID: <1517065.h4r7khnhqX@xps13> Organization: 6WIND User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.1.6-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <2252868.HYUEjJMo5L@xps13> References: <1441900908-29763-1-git-send-email-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <2252868.HYUEjJMo5L@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: use existing PCI macros X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:04:51 -0000 2015-10-25 18:51, Thomas Monjalon: > 2015-09-11 08:31, Mcnamara, John: > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > > > 2015-09-10 20:33, Ferruh Yigit: > > > > Correct, those macros available after kernel version >= 2.6.34. > > > > ... > > > > > > Why should we support kernel older than 2.6.34? > > > Do we need to update doc/guides/rel_notes/supported_os.rst? > > > > If we do then we should update he Linux Getting Started guide which says: > > > > Required: > > > > Kernel version >= 2.6.33 > > > > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html#system-software > > > > And probably drop the section below itabout patching older kernels. > > Anyone against dropping 2.6.33 support? This patch is now applied and is the first breaking the Linux 2.6.33 support. John, are you OK to update the doc? Thanks