[ovs-dev] Support for Linux kernels >= 3.12 with the out of tree kernel module

[Kyle Mestery]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Pravin Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Kyle Mestery <mestery at noironetworks.com>
> wrote:
> > I see this patch [1] in patchwork now from Pravin via James Page.
> > I pulled this down and started to look at what it would take to get this
> > also working with 3.13. It looks like the netlink interfaces changed a
> > bit here. Is anyone working on this at the moment? If not, I'd like to
> > take this on. Secondly, how are things like this handled in the datapath
> > now. I'm hesitant to put a bunch of #ifdefs in the code there. Guidance
> > appreciated.
> >
> I do not think anyone is working on 3.13 support.
> I have not looked at netlink changes but lets try to avoid #ifdef as
> much possible. We can add compat code to compat directory to handle
> any API change.
>
> OK, agreed.


> > Thanks,
> > Kyle
> >
> > [1] http://patchwork.openvswitch.org/patch/2972/
> >
>
> If you or someone else review it, I can apply this patch.
>
> I just updated patchwork to assign this one to myself, reviewing it now.
Is the workflow such that if I click "approve" in patchwork it will
automatically
merge the patch? Do I still need to send an email to the list with the
standard "Reviewed-by" or "Acked-by"?


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