On 5/21/2024 5:23 AM, Patrick Robb wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com> wrote: >> >> @Patric, I assume test environment also doesn't have 'libbpf', version: >> '>= 1.0' which we need to test this feature. >> Is it possible to update test environment to justify this dependency? >> > > Hi, the libbpf version on our Ubuntu 22.04 container images is 0.5.0. > I can check for our baremetal servers also, but I figure they will be > the same. > > It sounds like the subsequent conversation is suggesting this upgrade > is not viable anyhow, but to address the question in terms of > Community Lab methodology, yes we are happy to modify our environments > or images in any way if the community wants, but we try to run testing > without upgrading the core packages the distro ships with. I.e. we > would not run testing with CentOS 7 today, as it ships with gcc 4.8.5 > (not supported for DPDK), even though technically we could upgrade gcc > to a new version and meet all the DPDK dependencies. > > But yes I see Stephen ran from a 24.04 VM and validated the build with > the new libbpf. > > By the way, I was wondering recently whether it was appropriate to add > an Ubuntu 24.04 environment to the Community Lab immediately, or if > it's premature in some sense. I don't want to derail this thread with > that question, but if anyone is interested in this coverage going > online, please write to the CI mailing list saying so. >
If we can have an Ubuntu 24.04 environment, this addresses the libbpf testing concern. @Christian can comment better, but as far as I can see although upgrade from previous LTS is not supported yet, it is possible to install Ubuntu 24.04 from scratch.
