looks good to me. Acked-by: pritesh <pritesh.koth...@cisco.com>
On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote: > Reported-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> > --- > FAQ | 23 +++++++++-------------- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ > index 2508c8c..3df1c54 100644 > --- a/FAQ > +++ b/FAQ > @@ -173,22 +173,17 @@ Q: Should userspace or kernel be upgraded first to > minimize downtime? > Q: What features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath > that ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel? > > -A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later does not include > - tunnel virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "gre", > - "ipsec_gre", "gre64", "ipsec_gre64", "vxlan", or "lisp". It is > - possible to create tunnels in Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch > - as system devices. However, they cannot be dynamically created > - through the OVSDB protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow action. > - > - Work is in progress in adding tunnel virtual ports to the upstream > - Linux version of the Open vSwitch kernel module. For now, if you > - need these features, use the kernel module from the Open vSwitch > +A: The kernel module in upstream Linux does not include support for > + LISP. Work is in progress to add support for LISP to the upstream > + Linux version of the Open vSwitch kernel module. For now, if you > + need this feature, use the kernel module from the Open vSwitch > distribution instead of the upstream Linux kernel module. > > - The upstream kernel module does not include patch ports, but this > - only matters for Open vSwitch 1.9 and earlier, because Open vSwitch > - 1.10 and later implement patch ports without using this kernel > - feature. > + Certain features require kernel support to function or to have > + reasonable performance. If the ovs-vswitchd log file indicates that > + a feature is not supported, consider upgrading to a newer upstream > + Linux release or using the kernel module paired with the userspace > + distribution. > > Q: What features are not available when using the userspace datapath? > > -- > 1.8.3.2 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
