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[ovs-dev,2/2] FAQ: Update feature table.

Message ID 1461879549-1821-2-git-send-email-joe@ovn.org
State Accepted
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Joe Stringer April 28, 2016, 9:39 p.m. UTC
Linux kernel support for features in out-of-tree module no longer depend
on particular versions, as we only support kernels 3.10-4.3; Connection
tracking status has changed recently; and NAT is a brand new feature
with only support in the latest unreleased Linux kernel version.

Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>
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 FAQ.md | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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Ben Pfaff May 2, 2016, 5:57 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 02:39:09PM -0700, Joe Stringer wrote:
> Linux kernel support for features in out-of-tree module no longer depend
> on particular versions, as we only support kernels 3.10-4.3; Connection
> tracking status has changed recently; and NAT is a brand new feature
> with only support in the latest unreleased Linux kernel version.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>
Ryan Moats May 2, 2016, 6:29 p.m. UTC | #2
"dev" <dev-bounces@openvswitch.org> wrote on 04/28/2016 04:39:09 PM:

> From: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>
> To: dev@openvswitch.org
> Date: 04/28/2016 04:39 PM
> Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] FAQ: Update feature table.
> Sent by: "dev" <dev-bounces@openvswitch.org>
>
> Linux kernel support for features in out-of-tree module no longer depend
> on particular versions, as we only support kernels 3.10-4.3; Connection
> tracking status has changed recently; and NAT is a brand new feature
> with only support in the latest unreleased Linux kernel version.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>

Catching up with my review queue...

Acked-by: Ryan Moats <rmoats@us.ibm.com>
Joe Stringer May 2, 2016, 7:55 p.m. UTC | #3
On 2 May 2016 at 11:29, Ryan Moats <rmoats@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> "dev" <dev-bounces@openvswitch.org> wrote on 04/28/2016 04:39:09 PM:
>
>> From: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>
>> To: dev@openvswitch.org
>> Date: 04/28/2016 04:39 PM
>> Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] FAQ: Update feature table.
>> Sent by: "dev" <dev-bounces@openvswitch.org>
>>
>> Linux kernel support for features in out-of-tree module no longer depend
>> on particular versions, as we only support kernels 3.10-4.3; Connection
>> tracking status has changed recently; and NAT is a brand new feature
>> with only support in the latest unreleased Linux kernel version.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>
>
> Catching up with my review queue...
>
> Acked-by: Ryan Moats <rmoats@us.ibm.com>

Thanks all, applied to master.
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diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md
index 0df6d072e177..71ac8eebc114 100644
--- a/FAQ.md
+++ b/FAQ.md
@@ -180,13 +180,10 @@  A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms.  Each
                        Linux release whose OVS module supports the feature.
 
    * *Linux OVS tree*: The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module
-                       distributed with the OVS source tree. Some features of
-                       this module rely on functionality not available in older
-                       kernels: in this case the minumum Linux version (against
-                       which the feature can be compiled) is listed.
+                       distributed with the OVS source tree.
 
    * *Userspace*: Also known as DPDK, dpif-netdev or dummy datapath. It is the
-                  only datapath that works on NetBSD and FreeBSD.
+                  only datapath that works on NetBSD, FreeBSD and Mac OSX.
 
    * *Hyper-V*: Also known as the Windows datapath.
 
@@ -195,9 +192,10 @@  A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms.  Each
 
 Feature               | Linux upstream | Linux OVS tree | Userspace | Hyper-V |
 ----------------------|:--------------:|:--------------:|:---------:|:-------:|
-Connection tracking   |      4.3       |       3.10     |    NO     |   NO    |
+NAT                   |      4.6       |       NO       |    NO     |   NO    |
+Connection tracking   |      4.3       |       YES      |    NO     | PARTIAL |
 Tunnel - LISP         |      NO        |       YES      |    NO     |   NO    |
-Tunnel - STT          |      NO        |       3.5      |    NO     |   YES   |
+Tunnel - STT          |      NO        |       YES      |    NO     |   YES   |
 Tunnel - GRE          |      3.11      |       YES      |    YES    |   YES   |
 Tunnel - VXLAN        |      3.12      |       YES      |    YES    |   YES   |
 Tunnel - Geneve       |      3.18      |       YES      |    YES    |   NO    |