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[204.195.112.43]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 41be03b00d2f7-cdb9677b1d4sm1012286a12.1.2026.11.08.12.29.30 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:29:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 12:29:29 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Frank Dressler Cc: dev@dpdk.org, thomas@monjalon.net, david.marchand@redhat.com, ktraynor@redhat.com, Bing Zhao Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/af_packet: fix build with old kernel headers Message-ID: <20261108122929.38561d27@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: References: <20261106142756.241131-1-bingz@nvidia.com> <0374e022-3c41-4a6b-9464-7f879ef02ce1@dressler.pro> <20261108082211.1f190f4b@phoenix.local> X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 On Sun, 8 Nov 2026 18:51:35 +0000 Frank Dressler wrote: > But should these changes go into DPDK or NVIDIA's DOCA? > > DPDK's current code requires no patch since the code works with the > kernel versions required by DPDK, i.e. Linux >= v5.4. > > NVIDIA's DOCA, however, ships current DPDK to RHEL 8 which comes with > kernel v4.18 that is unsupported since DPDK v24.07. The latest release > is DOCA 3.5.0 which ships DPDK v26.03 to RHEL 8 which is not supported > by DPDK. If NVIDIA is shipping new DPDK with old distro, then it is there problem.