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

[Kyle Mestery]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Pravin Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Kyle Mestery
> <mestery at noironetworks.com> wrote:
> > 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"?
> >
> yes, review is still done on mailing list. patchwork is to mostly used
> to track remaining reviews.
>
> So, I don't have the original email to reply to here, but I've reviewed
this
patch in patchwork here [1], and it looks fine to me.

Reviewed-by: Kyle Mestery <mestery at noironetworks.com>

Pravin, once this goes in, I'll look into 3.13 support next if that's ok
with
you.

Thanks,
Kyle

[1] http://patchwork.openvswitch.org/patch/2972/


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