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 B9226A054F; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:53:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5054069F; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:53:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45FAD4003D for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:52:58 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: 8o+LSbeVB0C2OwioIoG/tDMSTpxINCZKBWTk84yCxkdaT0kQ1BboLcyGJXX5iN3FfShdlarj2c mB+Y+PVr1Hww== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9924"; a="186866566" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,251,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="186866566" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Mar 2021 04:52:57 -0700 IronPort-SDR: ZhyC7xsZVhH8skQqp3xczeYpAiuxA6aXICpFjnR7U5HZ2EhZU/FO3s3cISlyFM7l7LFvj+BWvw rDivjkpx9pEg== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,251,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="405521027" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.252.11.157]) ([10.252.11.157]) by fmsmga008-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 16 Mar 2021 04:52:55 -0700 To: Thomas Monjalon , Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Stephen Hemminger , bruce.richardson@intel.com, david.marchand@redhat.com References: <20210303182856.70609-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com> <5834638.C097LPqU2r@thomas> From: Ferruh Yigit X-User: ferruhy Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:52:52 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5834638.C097LPqU2r@thomas> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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 >> --- >> **Required:** >> >> -* Kernel version >= 3.16 >> +* Kernel version >= 4.19 > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon > > 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? And what about adding a note to say oldest LTS kernel version is supported? [1] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html