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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 05:30:36 +0100
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26/09/2017 09:17, Stephen Hemminger:
> 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 <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 4 +++-
[...]
>  **Required:**
>  
> -*   Kernel version >= 2.6.34
> +*   Kernel version >= 3.2.93

I think we should not specify any minor number. 3.2 is enough.

It would make more sense to change this constraint at the beginning
of a release cycle.