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

[Jesse Gross]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Pravin Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Kyle Mestery <mestery at noironetworks.com> wrote:
>> 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>
>>
> Thanks.
> I pushed it to master.

This patch updates the FAQ to say that the recently released 2.1
supports Linux 3.12 but I'm not sure that the patch was applied to
that branch, right?