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authorLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2018-02-19 11:16:57 +0000
committerLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2018-02-19 11:17:28 +0000
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Change-Id: I89ed24cb2a49b78fe5be6970b99dd46c1499fcc3 Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
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--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -1,32 +1,5 @@
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
System Requirements
===================
@@ -61,8 +34,8 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
.. note::
- Testing has been performed using Fedora 18. The setup commands and installed packages needed on other systems may be different.
- For details on other Linux distributions and the versions tested, please consult the DPDK Release Notes.
+ The setup commands and installed packages needed on various systems may be different.
+ For details on Linux distributions and the versions tested, please consult the DPDK Release Notes.
* GNU ``make``.
@@ -121,7 +94,10 @@ System Software
**Required:**
-* Kernel version >= 2.6.34
+* Kernel version >= 3.2
+
+ The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel available
+ at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development.
The kernel version in use can be checked using the command::