dpdk: Use DPDK 21.11.8 release for OVS 2.17.

Update the CI and docs to use DPDK 21.11.8.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>

Author: kevintraynor

.ci/linux-build.sh

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="21.11.7"
+        DPDK_VER="21.11.8"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
 fi

Documentation/faq/releases.rst

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     2.14.x       19.11.13
     2.15.x       20.11.6
     2.16.x       20.11.6
-    2.17.x       21.11.7
+    2.17.x       21.11.8
     ============ ========
 
 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 21.11.7
+- DPDK 21.11.8
 
 - 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-21.11.7.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-21.11.7.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-21.11.7
+       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-21.11.8.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-21.11.8.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-21.11.8
        $ cd $DPDK_DIR
 
 #. Configure and install DPDK using Meson

NEWS

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 v2.17.12 - xx xxx xxxx
 ----------------------
+   - DPDK:
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 21.11.8.
 
 v2.17.11 - 27 Aug 2024
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