On 1/7/21 8:36 PM, Greg Rose wrote: > It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) module. > Update the NEWS and FAQ to provide notice. > > 1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html > > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <[email protected]> > --- > V2 - s/driver/module and add notice for when the OOT module will be > completely removed > --- > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 8 +++++++- > NEWS | 5 +++++ > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > index 4b9620015..d96894221 100644 > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch > release work with? > RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the > Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels. > > + Beginning with Open vSwitch branch 2.15 the Open vSwitch Out of Tree > + (OOT) Linux kernel module is deprecated and support is capped at Linux > + kernel version 5.8. The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed > + from Open vSwitch in branch 2.18. > + > Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? > > A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. > Each > @@ -101,7 +106,8 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? > > Linux OVS tree > The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with > the > - OVS source tree. > + OVS source tree. This datapath will be deprecated starting with OVS
Shouldn't this be in a present tense? i.e. 'is' instead of 'will be'. Otherwise, please, send a new version taking comments from Ben into account. > + 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8. > > Userspace > This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > index 617fe8e6a..b664d94eb 100644 > --- a/NEWS > +++ b/NEWS > @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ Post-v2.14.0 > tearing down IPsec tunnels. > * Add option '--no-restart-ike-daemon' to allow ovs-monitor-ipsec to > start > without restarting ipsec daemon. > + - Support for the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) kernel module is deprecated > + * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8 > + * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel module will be accepted. > + * The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed in OVS branch > + 2.18 > > > v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020 > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
