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[ovs-dev,1/2] doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree drivers

Message ID 20210105183316.25427-2-gvrose8192@gmail.com
State Changes Requested
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Series Deprecate the Linux OOT driver | expand

Commit Message

Gregory Rose Jan. 5, 2021, 6:33 p.m. UTC 
It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) drivers.
Update the NEWS and FAQ to provide notice.

1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html

Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 7 ++++++-
 NEWS                           | 3 +++
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diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 4b9620015..5e0bba4cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@  Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the
     Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels.
 
+    Beginning with Open vSwitch branch 2.15 the Open vSwitch Out of Tree
+    (OOT) Linux kernel driver is deprecated and support is capped at Linux
+    kernel version 5.8.
+
 Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
 
     A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms.  Each
@@ -101,7 +105,8 @@  Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
 
     Linux OVS tree
       The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with the
-      OVS source tree.
+      OVS source tree. This datapath will be deprecated starting with OVS
+      2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8.
 
     Userspace
       This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d357da31d..54e9f4db4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@  Post-v2.14.0
      * Bareudp device support is present in linux kernel from version 5.7
      * Kernel bareudp device is not backported to ovs tree.
      * Userspace datapath support is not added
+   - Support for the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) kernel driver is deprecated
+     * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8
+     * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel drivers will be accepted.
 
 
 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020