From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.25]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2983F1150 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:45:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC58143E; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:45:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:45:48 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; s=mesmtp; bh=N2uBxth5PajL7wBoR6nRRZO hBvEVJikTBTDGmO7wCII=; b=dvBqsytFfTLfgPV63zVs4HUbWWXkZsoVXgNBdIY oCyg6lXD5usYXzV5UGBILBaJVLPaxcWgwX6EhJm3ydFjFKo+9Oq3Za+1zbAR2bnx 141WvB1XyIJLHkWCbqVTolGxIrr0biCVC5ZbNzyIuf/1W6oDQsGgbkgBjD0SBnf5 BV+U= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:date:from :message-id:mime-version:subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=N2uBxth5PajL7wBoR 6nRRZOhBvEVJikTBTDGmO7wCII=; b=YzWI+pkQYVkoo+776Ke0ReaF5T+UeY810 hO30vfmse6CANYhqrHxx47zAYOHur4VzB9pM1NBZTGSRq5vE70T6uSNY4mqZHPjC 5lyKpo8tPq2oZ/yXklpPN1oYdJVIQbVLZWd/pahK5HZLAXWS030aMvdhWxlF23KM lZGedzOr5ituBzUUHjqedWnQ4Q6eyADPoWxveQG+2Prr2U8JNBFpWqDhNjzYLDXT ooaFsgqxfQQJvUbs7kcW/bxq1xYCyLuCcaFDbbU9cB9eMbfm9BlIyo58b1CwLlc2 QXiMiklI8hjtVMqVSqY1/3bO0ly3wNSPtuNlf5LjZWNu8PGdvZrRg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtledrgeehgdeffecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfhuthenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedt tdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhephffvufffkffogg fgsedtkeertdertddtnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgrshcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhh ohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecuffhomhgrihhnpehkvghrnhgvlhdroh hrghenucfkphepjeejrddufeegrddvtdefrddukeegnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhr ohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivg eptd X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.monjalon.net (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EC437100BA; Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:45:45 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: john.mcnamara@intel.com, marko.kovacevic@intel.com, Kevin Traynor , Stephen Hemminger Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:45:35 +0100 Message-Id: <20190116114536.5698-1-thomas@monjalon.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: increase minimal supported Linux version 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, 16 Jan 2019 11:45:49 -0000 Update the Linux user guide to restrict the supported kernels to reasonnably recent enough versions. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon --- Cc: Kevin Traynor Cc: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 10 ++-------- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ------ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 29c5f47a5..8ec3af491 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -98,22 +98,16 @@ System Software **Required:** -* Kernel version >= 3.2 +* Kernel version >= 3.16 The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel available at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development. + Compatibility for recent distribution kernels will be kept, notably RHEL/CentOS 7. The kernel version in use can be checked using the command:: uname -r -.. note:: - - Kernel version 3.2 is no longer a kernel.org longterm stable kernel. - For DPDK 19.02 the minimum required kernel will be updated to - the current kernel.org oldest longterm stable supported kernel 3.16, - or recent versions of common distributions, notably RHEL/CentOS 7. - * glibc >= 2.7 (for features related to cpuset) The version can be checked using the ``ldd --version`` command. diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 5f03443f8..f9a1f8188 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here. Deprecation Notices ------------------- -* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required - version for the DPDK) is not maintained anymore. Therefore the planned - minimum required kernel version for DPDK 19.02 will be the next oldest - Long Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.16, but compatibility for - recent distribution kernels will be kept. - * kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case. -- 2.20.1