Modify travis linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release
18.11.5. Update docs for latest DPDK stable releases.
Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <[email protected]>
---
.travis/linux-build.sh | 2 +-
Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 8 ++++----
Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
NEWS | 1 +
5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
index 4e74973a3..8671acbb3 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fi
if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
- DPDK_VER="18.11.2"
+ DPDK_VER="18.11.5"
fi
install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
# Enable pdump support in OVS.
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 4152345e3..2be35d332 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work
with?
2.9.x 17.11.4
2.10.x 17.11.4
2.11.x 18.11.2
- 2.12.x 18.11.2
+ 2.12.x 18.11.5
============ =======
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 50de7fbac..7a8fd6bf6 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 18.11.2
+- DPDK 18.11.5
- 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-18.11.2.tar.xz
- $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
- $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.2
+ $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+ $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+ $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.5
$ 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 ec0caeb16..2d6462b89 100644
--- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ 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-18.11.2.tar.xz
- $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
- $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.2
+ $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+ $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+ $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.5
$ 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 100d7b6a8..850eff7fe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Post-v2.12.0
* DPDK pdump packet capture support disabled by default. New configure
option '--enable-dpdk-pdump' to enable it.
* DPDK pdump support is deprecated and will be removed in next releases.
+ * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.5 which is recommended to be used.
