From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olivier Matz Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add kernel version deprecation notice Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:26:47 +0100 Message-ID: <20180214102647.tztob5mqoltdwldw@platinum> References: <20180131152709.13853-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <2393289.cND9ge7AvX@xps> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Stephen Hemminger , dev@dpdk.org To: Thomas Monjalon Return-path: Received: from mail.droids-corp.org (zoll.droids-corp.org [94.23.50.67]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09D41B33E for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:26:50 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline 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, Feb 14, 2018 at 12:58:34AM +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. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > --- > > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required > > + version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. Therefore the planned > > + minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be next oldest Long > > + Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended kernel version is > > + the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14. > > We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not satisfy the > minimal requirement. > > Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon Acked-by: Olivier Matz