[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree drivers
Greg Rose
gvrose8192 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 5 18:33:15 UTC 2021
It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) drivers.
Update the NEWS and FAQ to provide notice.
1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html
Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>
---
Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 7 ++++++-
NEWS | 3 +++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 4b9620015..5e0bba4cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with?
RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the
Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels.
+ Beginning with Open vSwitch branch 2.15 the Open vSwitch Out of Tree
+ (OOT) Linux kernel driver is deprecated and support is capped at Linux
+ kernel version 5.8.
+
Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each
@@ -101,7 +105,8 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
Linux OVS tree
The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with the
- OVS source tree.
+ OVS source tree. This datapath will be deprecated starting with OVS
+ 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8.
Userspace
This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d357da31d..54e9f4db4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Post-v2.14.0
* Bareudp device support is present in linux kernel from version 5.7
* Kernel bareudp device is not backported to ovs tree.
* Userspace datapath support is not added
+ - Support for the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) kernel driver is deprecated
+ * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8
+ * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel drivers will be accepted.
v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020
--
2.17.1
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