[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/4] ovs-kmod-ctl: introduce a kernel module load script

Joe Stringer joe at ovn.org
Tue Mar 27 02:58:59 UTC 2018


On 26 March 2018 at 14:32, Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the review, Ansis!
>
> Ansis Atteka <ansisatteka at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 20 March 2018 at 14:05, Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> +.
>>> +.PP
>>> +Each of \fBovs\-ctl\fR's commands is described separately below.
>>> +.
>>> +.SH "The ``insert'' command"
>>> +.
>>> +.PP
>>> +The \fBinsert\fR command loads the Open vSwitch kernel modules, if
>>> +needed.  If this fails, and the Linux bridge module is loaded but no
>>> +bridges exist, it tries to unload the bridge module and tries loading
>>> +the Open vSwitch kernel module again. (This is because the Open
>>> +vSwitch kernel module cannot coexist with the Linux bridge module
>>> +before 2.6.37.)
>> FYI: I believe latest Open vSwitch does not support kernels older than 3.10:
>
> Sure.  I can take the parenthetical phrase out.
>
>>        AC_ERROR([Linux kernel in $KBUILD is version $kversion, but
>> version 3.10 or later is required])

FWIW this isn't supported kernel versions, this is only versions that
the module in the tree will compile against. In theory people can
still use older kernels with the latest OVS userspace (though some
features may be missing).


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