[ovs-dev] Bug#732260: roger that

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 07:39:00AM +0200, Aleksi Suhonen wrote:
> >OVS 1.9 doesn't support Linux 3.11 as it predates the release of that
> >kernel. However, in many cases you can use the in-tree version of the
> >kernel module directly (namely, if you aren't using tunneling).
> >Otherwise, the fix you suggested is the one used in later versions of
> >OVS.
> 
> Oh wait, OVS has been merged into Linux 3.11? That's great news.
> Since older kernels don't exist anymore in Debian/unstable, will the
> openvswitch-datapath-* packages be removed soon?

OVS was merged in Linux 3.3, if I recall correctly.  With those kernels,
you can use the in-tree or the out-of-tree modules.  Features usually
make into the out-of-tree module and then get merged into some upstream
kernel, so there can be advantages to using the out-of-tree module even
with newer kernels.

> If not, you could consider adding a DKMS exception that prevents
> compilation with 3.11 with a more descriptive reason.

That's an option, yes.