From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78DFCA054F; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:50:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2189B2600BA; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:50:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pj1-f41.google.com (mail-pj1-f41.google.com [209.85.216.41]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5652600BA for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:50:40 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pj1-f41.google.com with SMTP id lr1-20020a17090b4b81b02900ea0a3f38c1so3816372pjb.0 for <dev@dpdk.org>; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:50:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YMiRxnnbdjVySRDBwx0I5gCKJJopXJAxdxWYAOB+nWc=; b=W4hoxawv6AGummqFjl451dWgmZoT4Bylsel6Vkv57g9KWkaGyrNpNABviNN5cjHmT1 OjTi8jakrYNxE1cSmN50n+wtTYk1FokNZUQc5btcEbCe2887Dh80zF5fiOrlOV/7Um4t OsakMXSdQeV3ztUJqfRpOPOUyNug0xQHsepJUN7ebk3UjON+mEwi3bXm9b9VD5DeXg2l RxVk3l8bDdy9oyK6msol5iyOzAHsu+OVBOFiLz1zjCkGDH4kqZEzgJ+nw+7KYqe8ZYCH QdMYkshf0RJbgEDJzWpuD3LnMZMb18h44LjzettlM6equnzvD/uUY8g7OztUbeMGbUHq xRyg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YMiRxnnbdjVySRDBwx0I5gCKJJopXJAxdxWYAOB+nWc=; b=t0XMbRQb7Tp5uIS0+yHz2taUwm4Fkqace0TBSjb/AQ/TVMj/ANVOuveMQYLGq1ox4Y uMXoaO+mqiOcJlp0rjI0EO1E+itJsgRm5gHVML4ODyLHF0GiS1fl1oWdNGHk4aNdqXJu qPiXNscjTh6W8yDi9aOIDK+C2yzjErlOpfuuyoOk2MQLl/nnAkVuraID1HTHQXaeAKjl zIR/hUtDUpgkx8HiTY1efurwUCex+4UVi0scHb/7MSNK+/fpL6eO3EeGId7x6ds6/ojj sE9nouMj7T77l/oEKkNZGLRYS/VLSKTXLv2b6NyqMSvWwX/RJWfZtw1nWFdY3t0V2Ycu YLOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532XUXhTPMyrcEzAEVqhXdcDbGn8VYdU0aUi+g708LLyluLIMucF u66zQACDjeguXPBtP4J4olDekg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzjV77HyrEwaA6QBWQden2w+ABM1OEqwluLSn8iEdi/sycJwCwE75s+zk2q25342i6uQqbKvA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:cece:b029:e4:89af:adf with SMTP id d14-20020a170902ceceb02900e489af0adfmr67001plg.53.1615909839502; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:50:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (76-14-218-44.or.wavecable.com. [76.14.218.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e190sm17644821pfh.115.2021.03.16.08.50.38 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:50:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:50:35 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>, dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>, bruce.richardson@intel.com, david.marchand@redhat.com Message-ID: <20210316085036.21ece712@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <c10cc1d6-37c4-d229-edfd-536a2a956e45@intel.com> References: <20210303182856.70609-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> <5834638.C097LPqU2r@thomas> <c10cc1d6-37c4-d229-edfd-536a2a956e45@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 <dev.dpdk.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/> List-Post: <mailto:dev@dpdk.org> List-Help: <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>, <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:52:52 +0000 Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote: > 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 <stephen@networkplumber.org> > >> --- > >> **Required:** > >> > >> -* Kernel version >= 3.16 > >> +* Kernel version >= 4.19 > > > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> > > > > > > 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? Agree should be 4.4, I miss read one of the huge spreadsheets of releases. Wikipedia and kernel.org both say 4.4 is supported until Feb 2022. So we need to support 4.4 through 22.02 release