> On Aug 20, 2018, at 3:46 AM, Kevin Wilson <wkev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > Maybe this is a silly question, please bear with me. > > According to the “Getting Started Guide for Linux” in > http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.html, > the kernel version should be >= 3.2. > Accrding to my understanding, there are only two kernel modules in DPDK, > namely rte_kni.ko and igb_iuo.ko. > Instead of igb_uio.ko I intend to use uio_pci_generic.ko for binding the > device. > > I want to work with DPDK with kernel 3.1, without using rte_kni and no igb_uio > as mentioned. > > Won't the DPDK code compile for such a kernel ? won't it work ?
I would assume so as long as the kernel has huge page support. If I remember correctly that was one of the big issues with older kernels. > > Regards, > Kevin Regards, Keith
