[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 1/1] doc: Remove "experimental" warning for userspace.

Ian Stokes ian.stokes at intel.com
Thu Feb 2 16:44:58 UTC 2017


Remove the experimental warning tag in documentation regarding OVS deployed
via userspace.

Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>
---
 Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst      |    3 ---
 Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst |    4 ----
 NEWS                                      |    2 ++
 README.rst                                |    6 +++---
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
index fff0a1a..3018590 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch using a DPDK
 datapath. Open vSwitch can use the DPDK library to operate entirely in
 userspace.
 
-.. warning::
-  The DPDK support of Open vSwitch is considered 'experimental'.
-
 Build requirements
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst
index 0368527..ebd0c12 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/userspace.rst
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ This version of Open vSwitch should be built manually with ``configure`` and
 been recently tested, and so Debian packages are not a recommended way to use
 this version of Open vSwitch.
 
-.. warning::
-  The userspace-only mode of Open vSwitch is considered experimental.  It has
-  not been thoroughly tested.
-
 Building and Installing
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5efcce2..8600f0e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Post-v2.7.0
    - Tunnels:
      * Added support to set packet mark for tunnel endpoint using
        `egress_pkt_mark` OVSDB option.
+   - Documentation:
+     * OVS deployed in userspace mode no longer tagged as experimental.
 
 v2.7.0 - xx xxx xxxx
 ---------------------
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f5cdaa5..90050e3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ following features:
 
 The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 3.10 and up.
 
-Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in userspace,
-without assistance from a kernel module.  This userspace implementation should
-be easier to port than the kernel-based switch.  It is considered experimental.
+Open vSwitch can also operate entirely in userspace without assistance from
+a kernel module.  This userspace implementation should be easier to port than
+the kernel-based switch.
 
 What's here?
 ------------
-- 
1.7.0.7



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