Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com> writes: > 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.
I think it would be good to add as well. 24.04 will be an LTS, so it should be support for long time. > @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. There is a sortof procedure to do it by going via 23.10 first, but it isn't probably the best approach. I guess installing from scratch may be the best approach.
