[ovs-dev] OpenvSwitch for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

James Page james.page at ubuntu.com
Tue Nov 19 07:35:19 UTC 2013


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On 18/11/13 22:52, Jesse Gross wrote:
>> Hi Jesse,
>>> 
>>> We have started working on implementing LISP support in Linux
>>> kernel, following the VXLAN and GRE model. However that process
>>> will take a little while. On the other hand, Lori submitted a
>>> patch for generic L3 tunneling in OVS (about a month ago),
>>> which is still pending review. That patch should help in
>>> closing this gap, until the linux implementation is ready.
>>> 
>>> In the meanwhile, we rely on the OVS 2.0 out of tree Module for
>>> the LISP feature.
> OK, I wasn't sure how widely used the current LISP implementation
> is in its current state and didn't want to add additional work for
> the Ubuntu guys if its not necessary. However, if people are using
> it and we're continuing to make progress on getting it upstream,
> then I'm fine with continuing to use the out of tree module.
> 
> James, is that OK with you?

Works for me; I've already bumped the dkms kernel version support for
3.11 (cherry-picked) and 3.12 (need to forward that back to you) and
that appears to be working OK.

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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