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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add kernel version deprecation notice
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:08:34 -0800
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:44:15 +0000
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:54:44AM +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 11:38 +0100, Maxime Coquelin wrote: =20
> > >=20
> > > On 02/14/2018 11:31 AM, Luca Boccassi wrote: =20
> > > > On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 00:58 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: =20
> > > > > 31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger: =20
> > > > > > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement.
> > > > > > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version.
> > > > > >=20
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > > > > > --- +* 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.  Therefore the planned +=C2=A0=C2=A0minimum requir=
ed kernel
> > > > > > version for DPDK 18.5 will be next oldest Long +=C2=A0=C2=A0Ter=
m Stable
> > > > > > (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended kernel version is
> > > > > > +=C2=A0=C2=A0the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14. =20
> > > > >=20
> > > > > We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not
> > > > > satisfy the minimal requirement.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> =20
> > > >=20
> > > > 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
> > >=20
> > > In this case we should differentiate upstream Kernel versions from
> > > downstream ones. For example, RHEL7/CentOS7 are based on v3.10 ans
> > > still maintained. =20
> >=20
> > Ubuntu does 3.13 as well - I think the problem is that if we want to
> > support distro-specific LTS kernel versions, we need volunteers to do
> > the work for them :-)
> >=20
> > --  =20
> I think our kernel support plans need to be two-fold:
>=20
> 1) we need to support a minimum "kernel.org" kernel version, which is
> what the deprecation notice is about.
> 2) we also will be supporting LTS distributions, e.g. I would expect us to
> always support the latest RHEL, so that should be noted explicitly in the
> GSG IMHO.

For distributions, we need to have a maintainer. Ideally, from the vendor or
project doing the distribution.