On 22 Apr 2025, at 17:46, Simon Horman wrote:
> Add a note to the "How do I connect two bridges?" section of
> bridges, that the OOT module has been removed. As this information
> is now much less prevalent in the documentation.
>
> This section which relates to using Open vSwitch 1.9 and earlier
> and the need to use the OOT kernel module.
>
> Support for the OOT module was removed in the v3.0 release of Open vSwitch.
> And is now no longer supported by any maintained versions of Open vSwitch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <ho...@ovn.org>
> ---
> Perhaps we could consider dropping this section entirely?
I agree with you, it would be better to drop the section. Meaning this text:
If you are using Open vSwitch 1.9 or an earlier version, then you need to
be using the kernel module bundled with Open vSwitch rather than the one
that is integrated into Linux 3.3 and later, because Open vSwitch 1.9 and
earlier versions need kernel support for patch ports. This also means that
in Open vSwitch 1.9 and earlier, patch ports will not work with the
userspace datapath, only with the kernel module.
> ---
> Documentation/faq/configuration.rst | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst
> b/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst
> index 4df390dc2d9d..d1797e252eb7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/configuration.rst
> @@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ Q: How do I connect two bridges?
> in Open vSwitch 1.9 and earlier, patch ports will not work with the
> userspace datapath, only with the kernel module.
>
> + Please note that as of Open vSwitch 3.0 the kernel module is no longer
> + part of the Open vSwitch distribution.
> +
> Q: How do I configure a bridge without an OpenFlow local port? (Local port
> in
> the sense of OFPP_LOCAL)
>
>
> --
> 2.47.2
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