Message ID | 1589925706-6497-1-git-send-email-gvrose8192@gmail.com |
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State | Accepted |
Commit | dff2a6e97c9fefcb6b07b4ca9611cf188477d601 |
Headers | show |
Series | [ovs-dev] Documentation: Fix kernel support matrix | expand |
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:01 PM Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> wrote: > > The documentation matrix for OVS branches and which kernels they support > is out of date. Update it to show that since 2.10 the lowest kernel > that we test and support is Linux 3.16. > > RHEL and CentOS kernels based upon the original 3.10 kernel are still > supported. > > Reported-by: Han Zhou <hzhou@ovn.org> > Reported-at: https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-May/370742.html > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 12 ++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > index 3903e59..e5cef39 100644 > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > @@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? > 2.7.x 3.10 to 4.9 > 2.8.x 3.10 to 4.12 > 2.9.x 3.10 to 4.13 > - 2.10.x 3.10 to 4.17 > - 2.11.x 3.10 to 4.18 > - 2.12.x 3.10 to 5.0 > - 2.14.x 3.10 to 5.5 > + 2.10.x 3.16 to 4.17 > + 2.11.x 3.16 to 4.18 > + 2.12.x 3.16 to 5.0 > + 2.14.x 3.16 to 5.5 > ============ ============== > > Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module built > @@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? > Open vSwitch userspace is not sensitive to the Linux kernel version. It > should build against almost any kernel, certainly against 2.6.32 and later. > > + Open vSwitch branches 2.10 through 2.14 will still compile against the > + RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the > + Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels. > + > Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? > > A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each > -- > 1.8.3.1 > Acked-by: Han Zhou <hzhou@ovn.org>
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 04:00:07PM -0700, Han Zhou wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:01 PM Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The documentation matrix for OVS branches and which kernels they support > > is out of date. Update it to show that since 2.10 the lowest kernel > > that we test and support is Linux 3.16. > > > > RHEL and CentOS kernels based upon the original 3.10 kernel are still > > supported. > > > > Reported-by: Han Zhou <hzhou@ovn.org> > > Reported-at: > https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-May/370742.html > > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> > > --- Applied to master, thanks William
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index 3903e59..e5cef39 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst @@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? 2.7.x 3.10 to 4.9 2.8.x 3.10 to 4.12 2.9.x 3.10 to 4.13 - 2.10.x 3.10 to 4.17 - 2.11.x 3.10 to 4.18 - 2.12.x 3.10 to 5.0 - 2.14.x 3.10 to 5.5 + 2.10.x 3.16 to 4.17 + 2.11.x 3.16 to 4.18 + 2.12.x 3.16 to 5.0 + 2.14.x 3.16 to 5.5 ============ ============== Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module built @@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? Open vSwitch userspace is not sensitive to the Linux kernel version. It should build against almost any kernel, certainly against 2.6.32 and later. + Open vSwitch branches 2.10 through 2.14 will still compile against the + RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the + Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels. + Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each
The documentation matrix for OVS branches and which kernels they support is out of date. Update it to show that since 2.10 the lowest kernel that we test and support is Linux 3.16. RHEL and CentOS kernels based upon the original 3.10 kernel are still supported. Reported-by: Han Zhou <hzhou@ovn.org> Reported-at: https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-May/370742.html Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> --- Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)