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 4C07FA034E; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:45:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EBFF4114B; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:45:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pf1-f181.google.com (mail-pf1-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E8740150 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:45:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pf1-f181.google.com with SMTP id d187so138010pfa.10 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ud2cklJLupL5FTVSwri7AIYYWxj7DUUZoR0plydPvH0=; b=oK08PhVQUXx2JC37FpmziIJnfMYgTrBEVPzQOxOk9GUfl1NG5gv9PHokDdBRbDqY22 vNrGoE4m15ICNM9YH2tQHkEwA6t3DfA7wrv/RERMhllfKonmrEpfrYndTb0n7zpKwPwQ +8V5+vcrfhunuLXw5yQcrs+5VpxMDjhfk7DukJqtVpJJXL1/qPvl8V+sGJ3orDw/b+ky Ptp25FJhPobH91EIUmRCmg6i8naos+9M0793ul+GeQeEKLcoNiI6smAeH5CQk1dbrTfm ZTnzvLr5igZFSBpoiDG1MZjbYNmK0EEKpUB1U4zyiGRxUS7+4CbsLQbO6W751QcRBE35 KX6A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ud2cklJLupL5FTVSwri7AIYYWxj7DUUZoR0plydPvH0=; b=6fSX24iTlD1PYaAWnnRwljCUwqC+d7rcMcWXlQIucb6u3qIRatxHhjvuGBAIe6duxe VLspjXWSa2I3d2vJiQ/KJgF7nbHLcbXbgJJSNqJZirHDuhJr9QmKjg4hxQZTOFFJK8hV CmdDtF1BgZChEaUic0Klua8rmvf1DVKXU4UHePcex932zXnot2jwmBD2epoHNE8omW5M stsjuHRjoEDBLBPYJWmdq3W8fTMrVzApx3ZMHmJB7Bnkr7OOMZNy2z2/+WExw8mYL6My vervn9E/e3WP2Ch0kUwioZAC5hRYhDqw+rhgx37zVsS2JDFY4u5UfxOWUxl+88lGJy4Q bfHQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531WTnD2E12VYwyzIcaYg/SKRpghMKp5rYJ3C5NAN6lORtAF1+AE UaT1m2Ofx6gpkyY59JGXzK8K3Cq8vBFlPtpw X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyAWp9ufIn2nolYbwVrUT7TpedkTaUkwrNz1GHUUgYHm2wGZbZOux0oYYPzyhCzP78hk6ZezQ== X-Received: by 2002:a63:6942:0:b0:372:8da5:e137 with SMTP id e63-20020a636942000000b003728da5e137mr3052827pgc.618.1645116324034; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-112-199.wavecable.com. [204.195.112.199]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s1sm102631pfm.165.2022.02.17.08.45.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:23 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: Stephen Hemminger Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: update required kernel version to 4.9 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:45:16 -0800 Message-Id: <20220217164518.8262-2-stephen@networkplumber.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20220217164518.8262-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> References: <20220217164518.8262-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 The 4.4 kernel has passed its end of life date (after 6 years). It is no longer supported and therefore DPDK should update its minimum required kernel version. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index d95a78d1561d..1d2390590ce8 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -121,9 +121,10 @@ System Software **Required:** -* Kernel version >= 4.4 +* Kernel version >= 4.9 - The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel available + The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable + kernel (that has not reached end of life) at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development. Compatibility for recent distribution kernels will be kept, notably RHEL/CentOS 7. -- 2.34.1