On 5/2/2019 11:53 AM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
On 26/04/2019 12:07, Ilya Maximets wrote:
On 25.04.2019 13:42, Ian Stokes wrote:
On 4/25/2019 11:09 AM, Ilya Maximets wrote:
"On 24.04.2019 20:03, Ian Stokes wrote:
Modify travis linux build script to use the latest
DPDK stable release 18.11.1. Update docs for latest
DPDK stable releases.
Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <[email protected]>
---
.travis/linux-build.sh | 2 +-
Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 4 ++--
Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 8 ++++----
Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Do we need a NEWS update for this change?
18.11.1 should not have any user-visible changes from the OVS
point of view, however upcoming 18.11.2 will have in case we'll
merge vhost destroy_connection related patch. The questions are:
Are we going to add stable release updates to NEWS?
We can, if people think it's of use. It's now mentioned in the release notes of
18.11.1 that OVS DPDK was validated, so adding an entry into NEWS for the next
OVS dot release could help push users to use the correct DPDK to OVS release
mapping. To date we still see users on xx.yy.0 LTS releases which I'd like to
encourage to move on.
OK. Sounds good.
Good idea, +1
Do we need to mention stable releases that has no direct impact
on OVS itself?
If it has no impact then we can just add an item into NEWS saying it's been
validated and is supported.
OK.
If there is a known impact then we should detail the nature of that impact,
typically NEWS has an entry of 'various bug fixes' or something to that effect,
are you thinking we should provide specifics of the bug fix that affects users
as part of NEWS from now on? I don't see the harm once we are aware of it.
Yes, we can do that. Another option:
* If there is no visible impact on OVS --> mention that new stable release
validated.
* If there is some impact (feature depends on a bug fix in a new stable DPDK)
--> bump the minimal supported DPDK version.
Like this:
NEWS:
* DPDK:
- OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.1 which is recommended to use.
* DPDK:
- DPDK 18.11.2 is a new minimal supported version.
- DPDK 18.11.1 and lower is no longer supported.
The key point here is that we relay on bug fixes in a new stable DPDK and able
to merge new functionality/fixes that depends on them in OVS.
Thoughts?
LGTM, hopefully the latter will be a rare event.
+1, above lloks good. Will work this into the v2.
Ian
Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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