[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] datapath: Drop support for kernel older than 3.10

[Jesse Gross]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at ovn.org> wrote:
> Currently OVS out of tree datapath supports a large number of kernel
> versions. From 2.6.32 to 4.3 and various distribution-specific
> kernels. But at this point major features are only available on more
> recent kernels.  For example, stateful services are only available
> starting in kernel 3.10 and STT is available on starting with 3.5.
>
> Since these features are becoming essential to many OVS deployments,
> and the effort of maintaining the backports is high. We have decided
> to drop support for older kernel. Following patch drops supports
> for kernel older than 3.10.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at ovn.org>

I haven't reviewed the whole patch but I think we should add this to
the FAQ entry about kernel versions and NEWS.