From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:17:12 +0100 Message-ID: <20170926071712.25009-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> Cc: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f46.google.com (mail-wm0-f46.google.com [74.125.82.46]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C12181B1AC for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:17:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f46.google.com with SMTP id r136so4407589wmf.2 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:17:21 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" The DPDK needs to stay up to date with current LTS Linux kernel support. If the kernel is older than LTS it is likely to be insecure and buggy. Therefore only require DPDK to work on oldest LTS kernel. If distribution vendors want to support DPDK on older kernels, that is their choice. But the upstream source does not need to be cluttered with support for this. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index eb8442c62226..b335da2c086d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ System Software **Required:** -* Kernel version >= 2.6.34 +* Kernel version >= 3.2.93 + The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel available + at kernel.org when the DPDK version is released. The kernel version in use can be checked using the command:: uname -r -- 2.11.0