On Fri, 2017-10-13 at 15:49 +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Stephen > > Hemminger > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:17 AM > > To: dev@dpdk.org > > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: update oldest supported kernel > > > > 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 <step...@networkplumber.org> > > --- > > doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 4 +++- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > index eb8442c62226..b335da2c086d 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst > > @@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ System Software > > > > **Required:** > > > > -* Kernel version >= 2.6.34 > > +* Kernel version >= 3.2.93 > > > > + The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term > > stable > > kernel available > > + at kernel.org when the DPDK version is released. > > Hi, > > OSV people, any objection to this? > > John
IMHO oldest LTS is a reasonable requirement. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
