From patchwork Thu Mar 21 10:03:47 2024 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Simon Horman X-Patchwork-Id: 1914335 X-Patchwork-Delegate: horms@verge.net.au Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: legolas.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=openvswitch.org (client-ip=2605:bc80:3010::136; helo=smtp3.osuosl.org; envelope-from=ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org; receiver=patchwork.ozlabs.org) Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [IPv6:2605:bc80:3010::136]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (secp384r1) server-digest SHA384) (No client certificate requested) by legolas.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4V0gz954tGz1yWs for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:04:05 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 327E760E2B; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:04:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MwPbkQtm7TKw; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Comment: SPF check N/A for local connections - client-ip=140.211.9.56; helo=lists.linuxfoundation.org; envelope-from=ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org; receiver= DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org 4467A60613 Received: from lists.linuxfoundation.org (lf-lists.osuosl.org [140.211.9.56]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4467A60613; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lf-lists.osuosl.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7EFC0077; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org Delivered-To: ovs-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [140.211.166.136]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B407C0037 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB0060E2B for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Mo0tU32aWbl7 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:56 +0000 (UTC) Received-SPF: Pass (mailfrom) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=2001:4b98:dc4:8::229; helo=relay9-d.mail.gandi.net; envelope-from=horms@ovn.org; receiver= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp3.osuosl.org 0320560613 Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ovn.org DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org 0320560613 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (relay9-d.mail.gandi.net [IPv6:2001:4b98:dc4:8::229]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0320560613 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 126F4FF807 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Simon Horman Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:03:47 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20240321-dei-kernel-dp-doc-v1-1-f8cd828692e6@ovn.org> X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAAIG/GUC/x3MQQqAIBBA0avErBswNaiuEi2smWooLBQiEO+et HyL/xNEDsIRhipB4EeiXL6gqStYduc3RqFi0EpbZbRCYsGDg+cT6Ua6FlQdzdb1fWtmA6W7A6/ y/s9xyvkD2befCmMAAAA= To: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org Cc: X-Mailer: b4 0.12.3 X-GND-Sasl: horms@ovn.org Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] Documentation: Remove references to kernel datapath in OVS tree. X-BeenThere: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Sender: "dev" 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 --- 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/