On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 03:19:11PM +0200, Eelco Chaudron wrote: > > > 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.
Thanks. I will change this patch to (only) remove that paragraph. And rework the subject and commit message accordingly. ... _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
