On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:53:55 +0200 Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com> wrote:
> Stephen, > > Kernel 4.19 will reach EOL in December 2024 [1], so we should skip ahead to > 5.4 (projected EOL December 2025) or 5.10 (projected EOL December 2026). > > For reference, the CIP project provides a SLTS (Super Long-Time Stable) > kernel based on version 5.10 [2]. Their previous SLTS was based on kernel > version 4.19. > > Based on the above information, it could make sense updating the DPDK minimum > requirements for DPDK 24.11 to kernel version 5.10. > > You usually have a good overview of what is going on in the relevant distros. > Could you please provide a doc patch like you have done before [3]. > > [1]: https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html > [2]: > https://www.cip-project.org/blog/2022/04/04/cip-expands-work-on-slts-kernel-maintenance > [3]: > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/doc/guides/linux_gsg?id=0b9db7caa8c223a541a323793068bc920789331c > > > Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards, > -Morten Brørup > FYI - RHEL 8.8 is still active and has kernel version 4.18 although there are often so many changes that would effectively be same as 4.19 https://access.redhat.com/articles/3078
