The Kernel datapath is no longer present in the primary development branch of the OVS tree. Remove references to this in the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]> --- Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 3 --- Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst | 7 +------ 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index 49b987b610c3..62bf7739164f 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst @@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open vSwitch: that one, because it may support the kernel that you are building against. (To find out, consult the table in the previous FAQ.) - - The Open vSwitch "master" branch may support the kernel that you are - using, so consider building the kernel module from "master". - All versions of Open vSwitch userspace are compatible with all versions of the Open vSwitch kernel module, so you do not have to use the kernel module from one source along with the userspace programs from the same source. diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst index 0ef7f5beb9b0..cfe32dfda53b 100644 --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst @@ -51,12 +51,7 @@ branches. For Linux datapath code, the primary development branch is in the `net-next`_ tree as described in the section below, and patch discussion occurs on the -`netdev`__ mailing list. Patches are first applied to the upstream branch by the -networking maintainer, then the contributor backports the patch to the Open -vSwitch `master` development branch. Patches in this category may include -features which have been applied upstream, or bugfixes to the Open vSwitch -datapath code. For bugfixes, the patches subsequently follow the regular Open -vSwitch process as described above to reach older branches. +`netdev`__ mailing list. __ https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
