From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f67.google.com (mail-wm0-f67.google.com [74.125.82.67]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A85741B31A for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:54:46 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f67.google.com with SMTP id r78so21261545wme.0 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:54:46 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=PsH1BR85mAp8sc4hgWmcFMM4lfengwHxQ70P+PNQwJ4=; b=rwzmBe7qM8jsrKrrtwgUU5mpY6DqR8Xjx/NO5vi6D7jMlRLuqI5GXkVZSsw6LIOtH0 +RlVI2nJvo1+ylziye+HD6Qj743/3xqLTsJwlWFQKzIxh4mBqsj+sev/SYAMZn2ILCS+ aueHirhLsgujQb6b/ndIY1cWK3cwRwAgTKksnN3vApf1PIWV1SrkV2CIgO0k8NQREgjX rlIHsEacQz7j7+8bnk0hg9CdnFj8h7CYQlcXN04klg+/bzMq6YRd68OPHOMBsDZ4qbMz 6RbCj197FTJ7szsOWhgSNvp8JXCjUORcr/hJFWfrv5y+76HsT5t1zg9VMSro7JrYz9Y9 jkbg== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPDfWGIyylVkRea+N+Fqg81B6L+XvX1oSHXWF5zFSllegUdhb5cG xZRmFH4hVp5+lsB7HLMd+uk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x2245Zfydqxg4fsKXY4Ynm6PE+dd43rKUAN3xpLM4QpCwmb5j9YBt37jPzLdeEBFJTtSnzzvthg== X-Received: by 10.28.140.1 with SMTP id o1mr3568265wmd.141.1518605686341; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:54:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([213.251.34.146]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 62sm13280270wml.24.2018.02.14.02.54.45 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:54:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1518605684.4059.16.camel@debian.org> From: Luca Boccassi To: Maxime Coquelin , Thomas Monjalon , Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:54:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: <470fdbc6-7280-1523-da8b-91fda8fafbcf@redhat.com> References: <20180131152709.13853-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <2393289.cND9ge7AvX@xps> <1518604285.4059.14.camel@debian.org> <470fdbc6-7280-1523-da8b-91fda8fafbcf@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1+deb9u1 Mime-Version: 1.0 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: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:54:46 -0000 On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 11:38 +0100, Maxime Coquelin wrote: >=20 > On 02/14/2018 11:31 AM, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 00:58 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger: > > > > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement. > > > > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version. > > > >=20 > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > > > --- > > > > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current > > > > minimum > > > > required > > > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. > > > > Therefore > > > > the planned > > > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be = next > > > > oldest Long > > > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommend= ed > > > > kernel > > > > version is > > > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14. > > >=20 > > > We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not > > > satisfy the > > > minimal requirement. > > >=20 > > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon > >=20 > > Note that 3.10 is dead as well since last year (as I discovered > > with > > immense joy when I had to backport meltdown fixes...), the next LTS > > in > > 3.16 which will be maintained until 04/2020. > >=20 >=20 > In this case we should differentiate upstream Kernel versions from > downstream ones. For example, RHEL7/CentOS7 are based on v3.10 ans > still > maintained. Ubuntu does 3.13 as well - I think the problem is that if we want to support distro-specific LTS kernel versions, we need volunteers to do the work for them :-) --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi