31/01/2018 16:27, Stephen Hemminger: > Notify users of upcoming change in kernel requirement. > Encourage users to use current LTS kernel version. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > --- > +* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required > + version for the DPDK) will be end of life in May 2018. Therefore the > planned > + minimum required kernel version for DPDK 18.5 will be next oldest Long > + Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.10. The recommended kernel version is > + the latest LTS kernel which currently is 4.14.
We could print a warning at EAL init if kernel version does not satisfy the minimal requirement. Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
