Update the Linux user guide to restrict the supported kernels
to reasonnably recent enough versions.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon
---
Cc: Kevin Traynor
Cc: Stephen Hemminger
---
doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst| 10 ++
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 --
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 29c5f47a5..8ec3af491 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -98,22 +98,16 @@ System Software
**Required:**
-* Kernel version >= 3.2
+* Kernel version >= 3.16
The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel
available
at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development.
+Compatibility for recent distribution kernels will be kept, notably
RHEL/CentOS 7.
The kernel version in use can be checked using the command::
uname -r
-.. note::
-
-Kernel version 3.2 is no longer a kernel.org longterm stable kernel.
-For DPDK 19.02 the minimum required kernel will be updated to
-the current kernel.org oldest longterm stable supported kernel 3.16,
-or recent versions of common distributions, notably RHEL/CentOS 7.
-
* glibc >= 2.7 (for features related to cpuset)
The version can be checked using the ``ldd --version`` command.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 5f03443f8..f9a1f8188 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
Deprecation Notices
---
-* linux: Linux kernel version 3.2 (which is the current minimum required
- version for the DPDK) is not maintained anymore. Therefore the planned
- minimum required kernel version for DPDK 19.02 will be the next oldest
- Long Term Stable (LTS) version which is 3.16, but compatibility for
- recent distribution kernels will be kept.
-
* kvargs: The function ``rte_kvargs_process`` will get a new parameter
for returning key match count. It will ease handling of no-match case.
--
2.20.1
