[ovs-dev] [PATCH branch-2.15] dpdk: Use DPDK 20.11.1 release

[Hariprasad Govindharajan]

Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release 20.11.1
Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable releases.
FAQ is updated to reflect the latest DPDK for each branch.

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Govindharajan <hariprasad.govindharajan at intel.com>
---
 .ci/linux-build.sh                   | 2 +-
 Documentation/faq/releases.rst       | 6 +++---
 Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 8 ++++----
 NEWS                                 | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index dd29a41..1acf501 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="20.11"
+        DPDK_VER="20.11.1"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 6a5e414..3bc34c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     2.10.x       17.11.10
     2.11.x       18.11.9
     2.12.x       18.11.9
-    2.13.x       19.11.2
-    2.14.x       19.11.2
-    2.15.x       20.11.0
+    2.13.x       19.11.8
+    2.14.x       19.11.8
+    2.15.x       20.11.1
     ============ ========
 
 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 3a24e54..612f2fd 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 20.11
+- DPDK 20.11.1
 
 - A `DPDK supported NIC`_
 
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ Install DPDK
 #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``::
 
        $ cd /usr/src/
-       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-20.11.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-20.11.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-20.11
+       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-20.11.1.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-20.11.1.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-20.11.1
        $ cd $DPDK_DIR
 
 #. Configure and install DPDK using Meson
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 036d403..d6a9395 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ v2.15.1 - xx xxx xxxx
      * New option '--no-record-hostname' to disable hostname configuration
        in ovsdb on startup.
      * New command 'record-hostname-if-not-set' to update hostname in ovsdb.
+   - DPDK:
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 20.11.1. It is recommended to use this version
+       until further releases.
 
 
 v2.15.0 - 15 Feb 2021
-- 
2.7.4