From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Boccassi Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add kernel version deprecation notice Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:31:25 +0000 Message-ID: <1518604285.4059.14.camel@debian.org> References: <20180131152709.13853-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <2393289.cND9ge7AvX@xps> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: dev@dpdk.org To: Thomas Monjalon , Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f65.google.com (mail-wm0-f65.google.com [74.125.82.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66D74F1F for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:31:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f65.google.com with SMTP id 141so21006116wme.3 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:31:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2393289.cND9ge7AvX@xps> 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 Wed, 2018-02-14 at 00:58 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger: > > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement. > > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > --- > > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum > > required > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. The= refore > > the planned > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be next > > oldest Long > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended k= ernel > > version is > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14. >=20 > We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not > satisfy the > minimal requirement. >=20 > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Note that 3.10 is dead as well since last year (as I discovered with immense joy when I had to backport meltdown fixes...), the next LTS in 3.16 which will be maintained until 04/2020. --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi