From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (mail-wi0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C239F532D for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2015 18:52:35 +0100 (CET) Received: by wicfx6 with SMTP id fx6so86469545wic.1 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2015 10:52:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization :user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=MIVevYJuMUi1WxNFwJCLY7+bGXCEObY9Kpgdeq5cOzg=; b=iSoUFV0iigvKxm7ZTtew+kAvkqbmIvYObDP1/XVu83GtcSd0E64m5eMAPP8S4tOJQO /g9mI2MRXl4lfBADlmci7x/zFD9atIsre3a0MipzxRCW2q9fECgzdwgx52OHmQn/RKAs /F1iEg+IySFlbA7yUEQoUnRW0WG6vFTCsREbXBVWp72tiwUJllXbF05e/OWdsF50lHVr G7kZfPDwrnUmOV8rFj4VH7LdmvtmKJXEOwRtg84sP8/lj4ytACdV5NpdUgahqEWai9CF OFaS+aFUhrCA7JHOoIdDsboIo2A/8vNmJ3QhrPSd/5n4VaLaHWGM5I0YyxGurfrmJHo6 LJPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkGkwkOU4m4yzpf/+yUeSr35wrlME8niU/WeZIwFeQOAT1Quz8cUBF4X9Ko7xgQcfE/QSpI X-Received: by 10.180.208.9 with SMTP id ma9mr14095887wic.47.1445795555632; Sun, 25 Oct 2015 10:52:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (139.17.90.92.rev.sfr.net. [92.90.17.139]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id mu9sm10925905wib.6.2015.10.25.10.52.34 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 25 Oct 2015 10:52:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: "Mcnamara, John" Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 18:51:28 +0100 Message-ID: <2252868.HYUEjJMo5L@xps13> Organization: 6WIND User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.1.6-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1441900908-29763-1-git-send-email-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> <2640256.iR0jT46UN8@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: use existing PCI macros X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:52:35 -0000 2015-09-11 08:31, Mcnamara, John: > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon > > 2015-09-10 20:33, Ferruh Yigit: > > > Correct, those macros available after kernel version >= 2.6.34. > > > ... > > > > Why should we support kernel older than 2.6.34? > > Do we need to update doc/guides/rel_notes/supported_os.rst? > > If we do then we should update he Linux Getting Started guide which says: > > Required: > > Kernel version >= 2.6.33 > > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html#system-software > > And probably drop the section below itabout patching older kernels. Anyone against dropping 2.6.33 support?