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Change subject: README.dco: update Linux instructions
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README.dco: update Linux instructions

Update the README.dco file by including instructions related
to the new 'ovpn' linux kernel module.

Change-Id: I22af9957b27785514d8c6d58fe4f2100d007fa5c
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <anto...@mandelbit.com>
Acked-by: Frank Lichtenheld <fr...@lichtenheld.com>
Message-Id: <20250716135430.23484-1-g...@greenie.muc.de>
URL: 
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg32180.html
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de>
---
M README.dco.md
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)




diff --git a/README.dco.md b/README.dco.md
index 3f7e00c..a93dc94 100644
--- a/README.dco.md
+++ b/README.dco.md
@@ -14,26 +14,22 @@

 Getting started (Linux)
 -----------------------
-- Use a recent Linux kernel. Linux 5.4.0 and newer are known to work with
-  ovpn-dco.
+The new DCO linux kernel module (namely `ovpn`) has been merged upstream
+as of linux-6.16. From this kernel version onwards you directly get
+the DCO module as shipped by your kernel.
+NOTE: the new `ovpn` Linux kernel module is compatible only with OpenVPN
+2.7 and greater.

-Get the ovpn-dco module from one these urls and build it:
+Alternatively, if you run an older kernel or if you want to use a more
+recent DCO module than the one shipped by your kernel, you need to use
+the ovpn-backports project.

-* https://gitlab.com/openvpn/ovpn-dco
-* https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-dco
+To learn how to use the ovpn-backports project and build your own DCO
+kernel module, please refer to the README file available at:

-e.g.
+  https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-backports/blob/main/README.md

-    git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-dco
-    cd ovpn-dco
-    make
-    sudo make install
-
-If you want to report bugs please ensure to compile ovpn-dco with
-`make DEBUG=1` and include any debug message being printed by the
-kernel (you can view those messages with `dmesg`).
-
-Clone and build OpenVPN (or use OpenVPN 2.6+). For example:
+Then clone and build OpenVPN (or use OpenVPN 2.7+). For example:

     git clone https://github.com/openvpn/openvpn.git
     cd openvpn
@@ -48,8 +44,8 @@
 data channel offloading, OpenVPN will automatically disable DCO support and
 warn the user.

-Should OpenVPN be configured to use a feature that is not supported by ovpn-dco
-or should the ovpn-dco kernel module not be available on the system, you will
+Should OpenVPN be configured to use a feature that is not supported by ovpn
+or should the ovpn kernel module not be available on the system, you will
 see a message like

     Note: Kernel support for ovpn-dco missing, disabling data channel offload.
@@ -131,4 +127,3 @@
 - `--persist-tun` not tested;
 - IPv6 mapped IPv4 addresses need Linux 5.4.189+/5.10.110+/5.12+ to work;
 - some incompatible options may not properly fallback to non-dco;
-- no per client statistics. Only total statistics available on the interface.

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