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]>
---

v1 -> v2
* Add entry to NEWS to note validation of 18.11.1.
* Fix dpdk-stable-18.11.1 folder name in docs.
---
 .travis/linux-build.sh                   | 2 +-
 Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 4 ++--
 Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
 Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
 NEWS                                     | 1 +
 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
index 0cf5da6af..d869713f7 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="18.11"
+        DPDK_VER="18.11.1"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index cd5aad162..6c5949b33 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ 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        16.11.8
+    2.7.x        16.11.9
     2.8.x        17.05.2
     2.9.x        17.11.4
     2.10.x       17.11.4
-    2.11.x       18.11
+    2.11.x       18.11.1
     ============ =======
 
 Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?
diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst 
b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
index 344d2b3a6..149548bc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Build requirements
 In addition to the requirements described in :doc:`general`, building Open
 vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
 
-- DPDK 18.11
+- DPDK 18.11.1
 
 - A `DPDK supported NIC`_
 
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Install DPDK
 #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``::
 
        $ cd /usr/src/
-       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-18.11
+       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.1.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.1.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.1
        $ 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 993797de5..0982e0393 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-18.11.tar.xz
-    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.tar.xz
-    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-18.11
+    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.1.tar.xz
+    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.1.tar.xz
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.1
     $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
     $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
     $ cd $DPDK_DIR
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 293531db0..142437388 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Post-v2.11.0
    - DPDK:
      * New option 'other_config:dpdk-socket-limit' to limit amount of
        hugepage memory that can be used by DPDK.
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.1 which is recommended to be used.
    - OpenFlow:
      * Removed support for OpenFlow 1.6 (draft), which ONF abandoned.
      * New action "check_pkt_larger".
-- 
2.13.6

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