[ovs-dev] [PATCH branch-2.12 v2] dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.11 release.

[Hariprasad Govindharajan]

Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release
18.11.11. Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable
release.

Note: 18.11.11 is the final support release for the 18.11 series,
no further support releases for 18.11 series are expected.
So, both OvS 2.11 and 2.12 are updated to use 18.11.11.

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Govindharajan <hariprasad.govindharajan at intel.com>
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
---
v2:
modified commit message and NEWS file based on review comments
---
 .ci/linux-build.sh                       | 2 +-
 Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 4 ++--
 Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
 Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
 NEWS                                     | 4 ++++
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index e67d889..e4a944c 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="18.11.9"
+        DPDK_VER="18.11.11"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 5a51dbc..a0a403f 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     2.8.x        17.05.2
     2.9.x        17.11.10
     2.10.x       17.11.10
-    2.11.x       18.11.9
-    2.12.x       18.11.9
+    2.11.x       18.11.11
+    2.12.x       18.11.11
     ============ ========
 
 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 f0a7bff..a441715 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 18.11.9
+- DPDK 18.11.11
 
 - 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-18.11.9.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.9.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.9
+       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.11
        $ 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 2253978..0155512 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-18.11.9.tar.xz
-    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.9.tar.xz
-    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.9
+    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
+    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.11
     $ 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 e5a41cb..5ba0404 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 v2.12.4 - xx xxx xxxx
 ---------------------
+   - Bug fixes
+   - DPDK:
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.11. Due to this being the final release
+       in the DPDK 18.11 series it is recommended it to be used.
 
 v2.12.3 - 10 Feb 2021
 ---------------------
-- 
2.7.4