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chore: update documentation about page size support
Currently only 4K pages on the host and in the guest are officially supported. Other configurations might work, but not continuously tested. Signed-off-by: Egor Lazarchuk <yegorlz@amazon.co.uk>
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docs/kernel-policy.md

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@@ -9,29 +9,29 @@ We are continuously validating the currently supported Firecracker releases (as
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per [Firecracker’s release policy](../docs/RELEASE_POLICY.md)) using a
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combination of all supported host and guest kernel versions in the table below.
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While other versions and other kernel configs might work, they are not
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periodically validated in our test suite, and using them might result in
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unexpected behaviour. Starting with release `v1.0` each major and minor release
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will specify the supported kernel versions.
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Once a kernel version is officially added, it is supported for a **minimum of 2
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years**. At least 2 major guest and host versions will be supported at any time.
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When support is added for a third kernel version, the oldest will be deprecated
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and removed in a following release, after its minimum end of support date.
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**Note** While other versions and other kernel configs might work, they are not
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periodically validated in our test suite, and using them might result in
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unexpected behaviour. Starting with release `v1.0` each major and minor release
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will specify the supported kernel versions.
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### Host Kernel
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| Host kernel | Min. version | Min. end of support |
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| ----------: | -----------: | ------------------: |
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| v5.10 | v1.0.0 | 2024-01-31 |
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| v6.1 | v1.5.0 | 2025-10-12 |
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| Page size | Host kernel | Min. version | Min. end of support |
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| ----------: | ----------: | -----------: | ------------------: |
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| 4K | v5.10 | v1.0.0 | 2024-01-31 |
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| 4K | v6.1 | v1.5.0 | 2025-10-12 |
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### Guest Kernel
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| Guest kernel | Min. version | Min. end of support |
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| -----------: | -----------: | ------------------: |
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| v5.10 | v1.0.0 | 2024-01-31 |
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| v6.1 | v1.9.0 | 2026-09-02 |
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| Page size | Guest kernel | Min. version | Min. end of support |
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| ----------: | -----------: | -----------: | ------------------: |
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| 4K | v5.10 | v1.0.0 | 2024-01-31 |
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| 4K | v6.1 | v1.9.0 | 2026-09-02 |
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The guest kernel configs used in our validation pipelines can be found
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[here](../resources/guest_configs/) while a breakdown of the relevant guest

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