On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 8:07 PM Gregory Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/12/2022 10:56 AM, Greg Rose wrote: > > As of Open vSwitch release 2.18 the OVS kernel module is no longer > > supported. Pull the documentation references. > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 4 +- > > .../contributing/backporting-patches.rst | 7 +++ > > Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst | 24 ------- > > Documentation/intro/install/general.rst | 63 ------------------- > > 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > > index 8cfe2d392..bf2f3438c 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > > @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch > > release work with? > > 2.15.x 3.16 to 5.8 > > 2.16.x 3.16 to 5.8 > > 2.17.x 3.16 to 5.8 > > + 2.18.x N/A > > ============ ============== > > > > Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module > > built > > @@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ 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. This datapath is deprecated starting with OVS > > - 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8. > > + 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8. As of OVS > > 2.18.x > > + the Linux OVS tree is no longer supported. > > > > Userspace > > This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as > > diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst > > b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst > > index 162e9d209..8370c954d 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst > > @@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ userspace changes. > > How to backport kernel patches > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > +These instructions only apply to Open vSwitch releases 2.16 and older. > > +As of Open vSwitch branch 2.17 the Open vSwitch kernel module is no > > +longer supported and only the Linux openvswitch kernel module is used. > > +In the case of Open vSwitch releases 2.16 and older kernel backports > > +may be required for bux fixes and feature implementation so these > > +instructions are preserved for that reason. > > rats... I thought I fixed this. Should be 2.17 and 2.18 respectively, > I'll fix it up in the next rev.
Yep :-). With this fixed, you can add: Reviewed-by: David Marchand <[email protected]> -- David Marchand _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
