dpdk: Use DPDK 19.11.8 release.

Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release 19.11.8
Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable release.

Building DPDK releases 19.11.6 and 19.11.7,with meson was
found to break the OvS build.
DPDK 19.11.8 was released to fix the above said issue.
Link to the discussion about the issue can be found below:
http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/stable/2021-April/029786.html

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Govindharajan <hariprasad.govindharajan@intel.com>
Acked-by: Sunil Pai G <sunil.pai.g@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>

5 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index c1cf85d7d..b22ad9531 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="19.11.6"
+        DPDK_VER="19.11.8"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     # Enable pdump support in OVS.
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 4a0dcac49..70a0e9b22 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     2.10.x       17.11.10
     2.11.x       18.11.11
     2.12.x       18.11.11
-    2.13.x       19.11.6
+    2.13.x       19.11.8
     ============ ========
 
 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 050e5544b..b603b6f0b 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 19.11.6
+- DPDK 19.11.8
 
 - 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 https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-19.11.6
+       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.8.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.8.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-19.11.8
        $ cd $DPDK_DIR
 
 #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library
diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
index d0201151a..b10daa53e 100644
--- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ To begin, instantiate a guest as described in :ref:`dpdk-vhost-user` or
 DPDK sources to VM and build DPDK::
 
     $ cd /root/dpdk/
-    $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
-    $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
-    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-19.11.6
+    $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.8.tar.xz
+    $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.8.tar.xz
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-19.11.8
     $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
     $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
     $ cd $DPDK_DIR
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 32ec919d1..733c785f0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 v2.13.4 - xx xxx xxxx
 ---------------------
    - DPDK:
-     * OVS validated with DPDK 19.11.6. It is recommended to use this version
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 19.11.8. It is recommended to use this version
        until further releases.
    - ovs-ctl:
      * New option '--no-record-hostname' to disable hostname configuration