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doc: update oldest supported kernel in Linux guide

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The DPDK needs to stay up to date with current LTS Linux kernel support.
If the kernel is older than LTS it is likely to be insecure and buggy.
Therefore only require DPDK to work on oldest LTS kernel.

If distribution vendors want to support DPDK on older kernels, that is
their choice. But the upstream source does not need to be cluttered
with support for this.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
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Stephen Hemminger 2017-09-26 08:17:12 +01:00 committed by Thomas Monjalon
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@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ 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::