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

[Stokes, Ian]

> On 21/04/2021 11:50, Hariprasad Govindharajan wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> 
> Reviewed, Ran PVP, passed checkpatch, passed github actions [1].
> 
> One minor comment below, otherwise
> 
> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kevintraynor/ovs/actions/runs/774292423
> 
> > 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 9774493..0210d6a 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
> 
> These ^ aren't merged yet, so shouldn't _really_ be updated as part of
> this patch. OTOH, having to send additional patches to branch-2.15 and
> master for the 19.11.8 updates on 2.13 and 2.14 is hardly worth it.
> 
> If the 19.11.8 patches are merged first, I would just keep the update in
> this patch, if they are not merged first, then perhaps they should be
> removed here.
> 
> > +    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 95cf922..402ce59 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Post-v2.15.0
> >       * 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
> >

Thanks All applied to master.

BR
Ian
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