dpdk:Use DPDK 17.11.10 release.

Modify travis linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
Update docs for latest DPDK stable releases. Note 17.11.10 is the final
support release for the 17.11 series, no further support releases for
17.11 series are expected.

Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>

.travis/linux-build.sh

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="17.11.6"
+        DPDK_VER="17.11.10"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then

Documentation/faq/releases.rst

@@ -157,19 +157,19 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     A: The following table lists the DPDK version against which the given
     versions of Open vSwitch will successfully build.
 
-    ============ =======
+    ============ ========
     Open vSwitch DPDK
-    ============ =======
+    ============ ========
     2.2.x        1.6
     2.3.x        1.6
     2.4.x        2.0
     2.5.x        2.2
     2.6.x        16.07.2
     2.7.x        16.11.8
     2.8.x        17.05.2
-    2.9.x        17.11.6
-    2.10.x       17.11.6
-    ============ =======
+    2.9.x        17.11.10
+    2.10.x       17.11.10
+    ============ ========
 
 Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?
 

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 17.11.6
+- DPDK 17.11.10
 
 - 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-17.11.6.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.6.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.6
+       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.10.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.10.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-17.11.10
        $ cd $DPDK_DIR
 
 #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library

Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst

@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ 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-17.11.6.tar.xz
-    $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.6.tar.xz
-    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-17.11.6
+    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-17.11.10.tar.xz
+    $ tar xf dpdk-17.11.10.tar.xz
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-17.11.10
     $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
     $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
     $ cd $DPDK_DIR

NEWS

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 v2.10.5 - xx xxx xxxx
 ---------------------
    - DPDK
-    * OVS validated with DPDK 17.11.6 which is recommended to be used.
+    * OVS validated with DPDK 17.11.10 which is recommended to be used.
 
 v2.10.4 - 06 Sep 2019
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