On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 00:58 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 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>
Note that 3.10 is dead as well since last year (as I discovered with immense joy when I had to backport meltdown fixes...), the next LTS in 3.16 which will be maintained until 04/2020. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
