Modify travis linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release
17.11.6. Update docs for latest DPDK stable releases.
Signed-off-by: Lukasz Pawlik <lukaszx.paw...@intel.com>
---
.travis/linux-build.sh | 2 +-
Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 4 ++--
Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 8 ++++----
Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
NEWS | 2 ++
5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
index 1fe5bbf..ede62a5 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
- DPDK_VER="17.11.4"
+ DPDK_VER="17.11.6"
fi
install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 216eb30..8fe16d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work
with?
2.6.x 16.07.2
2.7.x 16.11.8
2.8.x 17.05.2
- 2.9.x 17.11.4
- 2.10.x 17.11.4
+ 2.9.x 17.11.6
+ 2.10.x 17.11.6
============ =======
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 13546bb..5f39263 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 17.11.4
+- DPDK 17.11.6
- 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-17.11.4.tar.xz
- $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.4.tar.xz
- $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.4
+ $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.6.tar.xz
+ $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.6.tar.xz
+ $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.6
$ 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 6334590..c5fe9ee 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-17.11.4.tar.xz
- $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.4.tar.xz
- $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-17.11.4
+ $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.6.tar.xz
+ $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.6.tar.xz
+ $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-17.11.6
$ 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 064550b..92c3f81 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ v2.10.3 - xx xxx xxxx
v2.10.2 - 30 Mar 2019
--------------------
- Bug fixes
+ - DPDK
+ * OVS validated with DPDK 17.11.6 which is recommended to be used.