[ovs-dev] DKMS module backwards compatibility with userspace tools

[James Page]

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Hi OpenvSwitch Dev's

As part of the ongoing support for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the Ubuntu kernel
team provide supported backports of the kernels from later versions of
Ubuntu for 12.04.

12.04.3 will switch to using the 3.8 kernel (from 13.04) as default
for new installs when released.

This is creating a bit of a headache for the server team as the
version of OpenvSwitch we have in 12.04 (1.4.x) does not support this
kernel version natively - we already carry a large number of patches
to support the 3.5 kernel (from 12.10) and I don't really want todo
the same for the 3.8 kernel.

So - my current plan is to provide -dkms and -source packages from
1.9.x alongside the userspace tools from the 1.4.x series.  I've done
some initial testing and this approach sniff's OK but I wanted to get
your opinion on whether this approach is sound.

Feedback appreciated!

Cheers

James

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James Page
Ubuntu and Debian Developer
james.page at ubuntu.com
jamespage at debian.org
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