On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 14:36:15 +0200 Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > > 2015-07-03 12:58, Stephen Hemminger: > > PPS: With DPDK 2.2 it would be good to move the minimum kernel version up > > to 3.0 > > since that is what current stable distro's are using. > > Yes, this is something to consider. > Please send a doc patch to open the discussion. Something like?? diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst index d87230a..715a03c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/faq.rst @@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ Any kernel greater than version 2.6.33 can be used without any patches applied. (not mandatory, but recommended on a NUMA system to support per-NUMA node hugepages allocation) +If starting a new project it worth using the latest stable version of a distribution. +The next version of the DPDK 2.2 will require kernel version 3.0 or later. + .. note:: Blue text in the lists above are direct links to the patch downloads.