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 38F92A0579; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:06:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF26041471; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:06:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f43.google.com (mail-pj1-f43.google.com [209.85.216.43]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6DD41448 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:06:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f43.google.com with SMTP id f2-20020a17090a4a82b02900c67bf8dc69so21218373pjh.1 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:06:27 -0700 (PDT) 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:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GSVSgqLPumVKwW8MHcDDfTVuDPRtaQ0j2OJKBphVj4c=; b=z3bUc0pPSvrZMwBm9J47CIr2i/msNHKj47zKeAQbaW0ZP9X5RgZow9rkYPcu+V14ku lkp+4sdjVvR41WhxT/5VbJMCyLGaNgs8IlPy5cOo15UyKTIXzPf6rbZZPefF/h83nNuo blHHn3MOUbvmF2fOCJWdksdM6ov9O1yKLX/CQQ7ZP3Ez8ZO3jfcsHFY/0ajWxQZZ7deJ dNuh18nQl4CwpqZfnCyxAoZVfCthV1ykmtFO1t30SN9nYpl2aRnDMIzJmpi3JxtOmNAG 4Uk6E87n2Oi5jED4osDw8zDF/U5S7bG0jc3sgwoPJbnusbTSo+VyypoUSI3yGKkG5eF6 okzw== 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:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GSVSgqLPumVKwW8MHcDDfTVuDPRtaQ0j2OJKBphVj4c=; b=E24W2y14XBGbVKht0MSz/9MEJ/0Ez82wmTyZsWqAw0lGtVDWAuXKq8rLwmbTQF9cd8 mXPnhszdzCMyu3UFLFu6U5B2NohiC+wOkHITtFmpB1qAdGuSLYJxN+y6v/KgU/5Mq3XC 10u+RFhmF8RRgFiXM9ZzK3TCeXm5ilsALHtlBKTyTK9Jb3Uzbzpco/2WLSrAXqHLgUGi nNyB5NJAASrc2kbHCI/BwbbroLWcqtbXTWh66Wv15dxMftzZyyyRmhxW4vlrCQSjMCxq fUzQjZklthztLiKf39wCdJ2BqdfqLQLOZEgJf77dkLOGTkKaHUYNaRCzCdLkYmUW+8uZ Wlew== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533puBgY+uc8CVoxItwgkpAyajKlFPYCeCMVD4R2pQ/VMV854/aG l4WzwRp6z1mBnNB4PElsZSsPBfKJDGm+51kl X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzSIwfOzNJecs/4W0t3DbmSB2bulHNYdDPALGsxL3e5aTwLermcfSt4Y/1z0rKBqj5KAA+kCw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:1948:: with SMTP id nk8mr1326861pjb.154.1618869986340; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:06:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (76-14-218-44.or.wavecable.com. [76.14.218.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id gc15sm391498pjb.2.2021.04.19.15.06.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:06:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:06:17 -0700 Message-Id: <20210419220617.255299-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20210303182856.70609-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> References: <20210303182856.70609-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] 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 4.4 and is supported until February 2020. This does not change the existing policy that distribution kernels that are older are still supported. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- v2 - current LTS is 4.4 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 dfe8f4ef3bfb..44eeb4bea985 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 >= 4.4 The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel available at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development. -- 2.30.2