> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Traynor [mailto:ktray...@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2018 4:02 PM
> To: Stokes, Ian <ian.sto...@intel.com>; d...@openvswitch.org
> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH Branch-2.9] dpdk: Use DPDK 17.11.1 release.
> 
> On 03/09/2018 12:46 PM, Ian Stokes wrote:
> > Modify docs and travis linux build script to use the DPDK 17.11.1
> > release branch to benefit from most recent bug fixes.
> >
> > There are no new features introduced in the DPDK release, only back
> > ported bug fixes. For completeness these bug fixes have been
> > documented under the 17.11.1 section in the link below.
> >
> > http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-17.11/rel_notes/release_17_11.html#id1
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.sto...@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  .travis/linux-build.sh                   |  2 +-
> >  Documentation/faq/releases.rst           |  4 ++--
> >  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     |  8 ++++----
> >  Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 14 +++++++-------
> >  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh index
> > 8fd9aa0..004953f 100755
> > --- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
> > +++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> > @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
> >
> >  if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
> >      if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> > -        DPDK_VER="17.11"
> > +        DPDK_VER="17.11.1"
> >      fi
> >      install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
> >      if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
> > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> > b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index baa9e97..59252fa 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> > @@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release
> work with?
> >      2.4.x        2.0
> >      2.5.x        2.2
> >      2.6.x        16.07.2
> > -    2.7.x        16.11.4
> > +    2.7.x        16.11.5
> >      2.8.x        17.05.2
> > -    2.9.x        17.11
> > +    2.9.x        17.11.1
> >      ============ =======
> >
> >  Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open vSwitch:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > index ed358d5..e0a96ac 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> > @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Build requirements
> >  In addition to the requirements described in :doc:`general`, building
> > Open  vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
> >
> > -- DPDK 17.11
> > +- DPDK 17.11.1
> >
> >  - A `DPDK supported NIC`_
> >
> > @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Install DPDK
> >  #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set
> ``DPDK_DIR``::
> >
> >         $ cd /usr/src/
> > -       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.tar.xz
> > -       $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.tar.xz
> > -       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-17.11
> > +       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.1.tar.xz
> > +       $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.1.tar.xz
> > +       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-17.11.1
> >         $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> >
> >  #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library diff --git
> > a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > index 95517a6..b1d0995 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> > @@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ To begin, instantiate a guest as described in
> > :ref:`dpdk-vhost-user` or  DPDK sources to VM and build DPDK::
> >
> >      $ cd /root/dpdk/
> > -    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.tar.xz
> > -    $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.tar.xz
> > -    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-17.11
> > +    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.1.tar.xz
> > +    $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.1.tar.xz
> > +    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-17.11.1
> >      $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> >      $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
> >      $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> > @@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ Finally, start the application::
> >
> >  .. important::
> >
> > -  DPDK v17.11 virtio PMD contains a bug in the vectorized Rx function
> > that
> > +  DPDK v17.11.1 virtio PMD contains a bug in the vectorized Rx
> > + function that
> >    affects testpmd/DPDK guest applications. As such, guest DPDK
> applications
> >    should use a non-vectorized Rx function.
> >
> > -The DPDK v17.11 virtio net driver contains a bug that prevents guest
> > DPDK
> > +The DPDK v17.11.1 virtio net driver contains a bug that prevents
> > +guest DPDK
> >  applications from receiving packets when the vectorized Rx function is
> used.
> >  This only occurs when guest-bound traffic is live before a DPDK
> > application is  started within the guest, and where two or more
> > forwarding cores are used. As
> 
> The bug is fixed in v17.11.1, so these can be removed.
> 

My bad, I thought I had removed this in my branch, I'll re-submit in a v2 for 
both the 2.9 and master.

Ian
> > @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Sample XML
> >          </disk>
> >          <disk type='dir' device='disk'>
> >            <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/>
> > -          <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.05.2'/>
> > +          <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.1'/>
> >            <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
> >            <readonly/>
> >          </disk>
> > @@ -530,4 +530,4 @@ issue can be found on
> >
> >  Further information can be found in the  `DPDK documentation
> > -<http://dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/v17.05/prog_guide/vhost_lib.html>`__
> > +<http://dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/v17.11/prog_guide/vhost_lib.html>`__
> >

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