From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA00AA054F; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:54:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B89EB4069F; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:54:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B18F24003D for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:54:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F81B5C00DC; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:54:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:54:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm3; bh= 3msUclWgcYDg8GJjmAF4P2RrjdNF1dIZwmGFDxOA6p0=; b=M9SuivDneE4DHppN ecAckQNh6LxOUGJEebFlQT6pCTc7XGk831oRaY2QeloKBozfaIi7fJa9TBRoSCx1 xX04tnqlvTrpsLBkDTA+Ba+doUxOkk2FYES8SYqfT+nzkly2qJXMPgUshFq97zT/ L4R2QZl0Y/4lPIgvsbkVnTO+zP+2WwEziw63Hu/9u90P9nBiMNfaI1xTi66se6by rFJqjNr205kP7GVh4mJDBBY49ahVEnpWp+5Mc9TEXdTAfHPiK8IZFbOz79yT4Dqu KCGCJ4PmYzwaALgwy09p4iAs9n+MOsgiClP6VGT53mPrCbZ+qDjj1hauQvI5V7nE adGhzA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=3msUclWgcYDg8GJjmAF4P2RrjdNF1dIZwmGFDxOA6 p0=; b=AP8lzkha9rxLCWyyKBtsM+8a1r5rTRsgPVN332f3pjp/8jbFsH1RHdHq+ vh+9Yw/E7kKWi5OtY297czePiaGPEdLN5e8RETzTRyo2gdXgOjK2hEj6QV6f7bpZ rdzaW01yjwlCnJZfkA+megzspLh7zbIscWvR+aaz7memCxaEXY6xoX20zdIh8qAs 9h44MhMfsztB+KvqriyEjtDu6qedcrFrX/ndqLN9b3t6AXiHM9xJGNocFLfxNazb DfSRrpnH8BYCO2hl8KSBfwi1Q8/Z9ezt1SwFnykxOaveXxmGk7CeMk4NT9dLO3MW R9brH8aDlHxheEsaoiSSePKoUPiMQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrudefvddggeeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepjeduteevueejteehieeggfeiueeikefffefhjeetueeihefhhfdv udfhheehfeehnecuffhomhgrihhnpehkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghenucfkphepjeejrddufe egrddvtdefrddukeegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghi lhhfrhhomhepthhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvth X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C9E81108005F; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:54:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger , Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger , bruce.richardson@intel.com, david.marchand@redhat.com Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:54:20 +0100 Message-ID: <1902149.MufZiybJQR@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20210303182856.70609-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> <5834638.C097LPqU2r@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update minimum supported kernel X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 16/03/2021 12:52, Ferruh Yigit: > On 3/16/2021 10:59 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 03/03/2021 19:28, Stephen Hemminger: > >> The DPDK project is only committed to supporting upstream kernel > >> versions that are still in support. > >> The 3.16 kernel has reached End Of Life (in June 2020). > >> The next LTS kernel is 4.19 and is supported until December 2024. > >> > >> This does not change the existing policy that distribution kernels > >> that are older are still supported. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > >> --- > >> **Required:** > >> > >> -* Kernel version >= 3.16 > >> +* Kernel version >= 4.19 > > > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon > > No objection, but I see 4.4 is the oldest LTS, and there are a few in the middle > till 4.19 [1]. Is 4.19 selected specially? > > And what about adding a note to say oldest LTS kernel version is supported? > > [1] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html Thanks Ferruh, I did not check before giving my ack. So I agree it should be 4.4.