| Message ID | 20210107185115.26889-2-gvrose8192@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Deprecate the Linux OOT module | expand |
Bleep bloop. Greetings Greg Rose, I am a robot and I have tried out your patch. Thanks for your contribution. I encountered some error that I wasn't expecting. See the details below. git-am: error: Failed to merge in the changes. hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch' to see the failed patch Patch failed at 0001 doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree module When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue". If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead. To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort". Please check this out. If you feel there has been an error, please email aconole@redhat.com Thanks, 0-day Robot
On 1/7/2021 10:56 AM, 0-day Robot wrote: > Bleep bloop. Greetings Greg Rose, I am a robot and I have tried out your patch. > Thanks for your contribution. > > I encountered some error that I wasn't expecting. See the details below. > > > git-am: > error: Failed to merge in the changes. > hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch' to see the failed patch > Patch failed at 0001 doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree module > When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue". > If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead. > To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort". > > > Please check this out. If you feel there has been an error, please email aconole@redhat.com Hmm... I did not rebase to master since yesterday so I guess something changed and caused a conflict. I'll rebase to master and post V3. - Greg > > Thanks, > 0-day Robot >
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index 4b9620015..d96894221 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ 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 module is deprecated and support is capped at Linux + kernel version 5.8. The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed + from Open vSwitch in branch 2.18. + Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each @@ -101,7 +106,8 @@ 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..6b64994af 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ 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 module is deprecated + * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8 + * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel module will be accepted. + * The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed in OVS branch + 2.18 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020
It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) module. 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> --- Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 8 +++++++- NEWS | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)