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 50EA6A0561; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 19:29:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E390A160731; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 19:29:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f170.google.com (mail-pl1-f170.google.com [209.85.214.170]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3835940683 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 19:29:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f170.google.com with SMTP id s16so14508005plr.9 for ; Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:29:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XOpCKeALm2eYdb6D70txpLUKQs4s2XJcxDDr9NfHPsI=; b=D25DqiLd0hEwljBygSExzYRBz0smEHMfz8SPQUonsIF1jDGDWL+NEBAs76ULqvYb7u 7rPMxJ0SEkyGGrsV7xsbwufdSOMZGmjdE/l5K1ymm2uqDJnD9ztu44Gfm4vOoEghVH4D dwj+zTUao3uYpPC+sNANMNkSSBkOvjhKKiBDJ3bMCQQ8RLWTUZcH0q3gyox+AfL2Vm3s mIktfAt+mJ/0mZX/tf0lrNm/xDy8lfyWobmxLRNpieWm/vRaussfpYtGQoEsTmTi53k5 xOBsGs2Gu6vkXGKa1oiCl+8lPztgSxR0smo+GnhhzPxFC51rvtGK/mjyj1DOVPZCXPNb tHsA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XOpCKeALm2eYdb6D70txpLUKQs4s2XJcxDDr9NfHPsI=; b=EZ5XRbBSkjYyC1p7Jtecdku5CD/C87hhEEyGgv/tDPY6yZPYCwjpU1j8HmgpN6yLPu SHe8OsDBfZUAlKkhvxLsJzJOydpqGcnkmjH6MZoVWGeWVU1u1W2Mh5PV4bDTBi5K3unB ht/6O/ahAM/6UCOt/YlHZLMIZV/t3dLr/vRHZG9+BkQD4K3rU0dKHfMn4b97fqYt60g7 9ANiNg38PHNJDZHG2KfHfRtnrcn0xdV5JbEK0lxDR5bHFLHegLE5Uax69gcmqzJyLfj2 VvSJO2T6UF+oBwrS8mHi78LAFDjrTSeBsD5VwzMwA6nkctI2Wjv8SFRWNxM8H2Zz10xF KnSw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530QPxK6d0wIXF74LHDb8KNxSY223HY7R/RPRYuRNSG+aqVI6Va7 Ui8gFNSfL7ZTIVCNF0ZeCY2kAiUvKwFZ4g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxPxAVZ9K2rJrbigUPlPgwhF+ugXS4DD4umxtV6HklpST/vFsYHbqE02uVvFA7Pw98bg1nNnw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:9f4a:: with SMTP id q10mr404164pjv.129.1614796146600; Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:29:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (76-14-218-44.or.wavecable.com. [76.14.218.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id mm12sm7032339pjb.49.2021.03.03.10.29.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:29:05 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Hemminger X-Google-Original-From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Stephen Hemminger Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:28:56 -0800 Message-Id: <20210303182856.70609-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [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" 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 --- 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 d7ea8520e558..d08b9126e55f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ System Software **Required:** -* Kernel version >= 3.16 +* 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. -- 2.30.1