This patchset aims to remove most documentation of the OOT kernel datapath. Leaving behind only what is needed to provide context regarding it's removal. And context for some sections dealing with issues relating to very old releases of Open vSwitch.
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. This is probably best regarded as a first pass. The documentation has evolved over a long period of time. Keeping it coherent with regards to removing documentation of OOT kernel datapath is somewhat easier said than done. What makes sense when some documentation was written makes much less sense now. And equally what makes sense now will likely make less sense in future in the presence of other changes and the passage of time. I have tried to strike a balance. But that balance is open to interpretation. And given the volume of this change, I have inevitably made errors, both by omission and commission. --- Changes in v2: - Addressed review from Eelco and accumulated his Acks - See changes documented for individual patches for more information - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250422-oot-doc-v1-0-9766116d8...@ovn.org --- Simon Horman (9): docs: release: Remove documentation of OOT kernel module. docs: backporting-patches: Remove documentation of OOT kernel module. docs: debian: Remove references to installing kernel module. debian: Remove documentation of OOT kernel module. docs: general: Remove references to kernel module. docs: faucet: Remove references to OOT kernel module. docs: configuration: Don't document OOT kernel module wrt connecting bridges. docs: issues: Update for removal of OOT kernel module. NEWS: Note that OOT kernel module documentation has been removed. Documentation/faq/configuration.rst | 7 - Documentation/faq/issues.rst | 20 ++- Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 173 +++++--------------- .../internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst | 174 ++------------------- Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst | 7 +- Documentation/intro/install/general.rst | 55 +------ Documentation/tutorials/faucet.rst | 9 +- NEWS | 5 + debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian | 9 -- 9 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 376 deletions(-) base-commit: f1f214e5c3a2f7efb48baddcfc053582a026685f _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
