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 4EBF8A04FD; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:09:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC96940685; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:09:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7024067B for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:09:19 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1649668159; x=1681204159; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=WZ0VgHiXv+C1l3Wv1FaV+xvXkc1ozX3ubPz0qylzMmA=; b=B/ASYaxAST7ay1rJJypCC4+1zTt8yJtvzUWGA1J0saehsDYPvSB8SCMM PAaivPHWzHHXwxMxvcoE3diahG66Vx+ogf6kkOD17NevZKEt6As+RufV8 2Qa0dFKFbXw06feutPAc85CR3DC72bVDb1XV6z4TIuL77rajnRRg+hehM JQlrBW88U9SqndLm6yVVmG18DIx8Oc9aiEDI2WcpMR9WyTtuvrBwYoOON KDhlaV7BNfYqVRNHCk4rjzUwCLggsNJK+1YjKk5Dtlfb6+/d4blqCayyB HjSFAEsejhqtyG4xiLIetIeoEKtznMjdoiM1RrvUFSmggflg7jd7dkUil Q==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6400,9594,10313"; a="249353488" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,251,1643702400"; d="scan'208";a="249353488" Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Apr 2022 02:09:18 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.90,251,1643702400"; d="scan'208";a="644012734" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.213.197.243]) by fmsmga003-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 11 Apr 2022 02:09:16 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:09:13 +0100 From: Bruce Richardson To: Tyler Retzlaff Cc: Thomas Monjalon , dev@dpdk.org, david.marchand@redhat.com, ktraynor@redhat.com, maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, rasland@nvidia.com, ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com, honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com, aconole@redhat.com, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, mdr@ashroe.eu Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] RHEL 7 support Message-ID: References: <2874531.2S3dPSLiCe@thomas> <20220411082313.GB19395@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220411082313.GB19395@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net> 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 On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 01:23:13AM -0700, Tyler Retzlaff wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 08:33:28PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to open a discussion about RHEL 7 support in DPDK. > > How long do we want to support it in new DPDK versions? > > Can we drop RHEL 7 support starting DPDK 21.11? > > did this thread/question ever reach conclusion? > I asked around a bit and was informed that there are quite a few users who are still using CentOS 7, and still need new DPDK to work on that. The fact of CentOS 8 being EOL'ed at the end of 2021 has probably kept quite a few users on v7 for now. /Bruce