[ovs-dev] compiling on v5.4 kernel

Gregory Rose gvrose8192 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 5 21:38:23 UTC 2019


On 12/5/2019 1:19 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> On 12/5/19 2:14 PM, Gregory Rose wrote:
>> We try to keep our out of tree kernel modules compiling against recent
>> kernels and
>> will eventually add support for 5.4.  Right now our support is up to
>> 5.0.  However,
>> you can just build the user space code and not bother with building the
>> out of
>> tree kernel modules and then just use the built-in openvswitch kernel
>> module for 5.4.
>>
>> Is there some specific need for the out of tree kernel modules to
>> compile on 5.4
>> right now?
>>
> sadly, it is for an out of tree module. STT. I guess I could try
> bringing just that one into the kernel and try a build.

I guess it's worth a shot but there might be internal dependencies to 
the other OOT modules
and that could get messy.  Let me know how it goes.  Meanwhile, we'll 
look into adding support
for 5.4 but I can't commit to any timeline.

Good luck!

- Greg


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