[ovs-dev] [PATCH] packaging: allow smooth upgrade between kernel modules that use ODP_ and OVS_ Netlink family names
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Mon Dec 5 17:37:11 UTC 2011
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 05:53:38PM -0800, Ansis Atteka wrote:
> Some while ago Netlink Family names were changed from ODP_*
> to OVS_*. This leaded to upgrade related issues when the new ovs-dpctl
> wanted to remove existing datapaths from the old kernel module
> by using 'ovs_datapath' instead of 'odp_datapath' name.
>
> This patch allows package preinst scipts to take a copy of
> the old ovs-dpctl tool for later use.
>
> Issue #8548
Ansis and I spoke about this briefly and he said that he's going to
roll a new version that uses a different approach, so I'm not going to
review the patch in this form.
Thanks,
Ben.
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