From patchwork Mon Jul 22 17:35:24 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ben Pfaff X-Patchwork-Id: 1135188 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=openvswitch.org (client-ip=140.211.169.12; helo=mail.linuxfoundation.org; envelope-from=ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ovn.org Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45spfx2SMWz9sBZ for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:35:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F750E4A; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:35:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: dev@openvswitch.org Delivered-To: ovs-dev@mail.linuxfoundation.org Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63DBCE3E for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:35:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (relay9-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.199]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9EF1102 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:35:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Originating-IP: 75.54.222.30 Received: from sigill.attlocal.net (75-54-222-30.lightspeed.rdcyca.sbcglobal.net [75.54.222.30]) (Authenticated sender: blp@ovn.org) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 47A05FF804; Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:35:35 +0000 (UTC) From: Ben Pfaff To: dev@openvswitch.org Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:35:24 -0700 Message-Id: <20190722173524.28083-1-blp@ovn.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Ben Pfaff , Ravi Kerur Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] Documentation: Correct claims about Debian packaging. X-BeenThere: ovs-dev@openvswitch.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Errors-To: ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org The documentation reported the union of all possible Debian- and Debian-derived packaging. This isn't realistic: there are differences between OVS upstream, Debian downstream, and Ubuntu downstream. This commit distinguishes them. Reported-by: Ravi Kerur Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff --- Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst index 5987178eaafc..523c83aa72ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst @@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ that includes the core userspace components of the switch. 2. For kernel datapath, ``openvswitch-datapath-dkms`` can be installed to automatically build and install Open vSwitch kernel module for your running -kernel. +kernel. This package is only available when the .deb packages are built from +the Open vSwitch repository; it is not downstream in Debian or Ubuntu releases. 3. For DPDK datapath, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is bundled in the package -``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. +``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. This package is only available in the Ubuntu +distribution; it is not upstream in the Open vSwitch repository or downstream +in Debian. Fedora ------