[ovs-dev] [PATCH V2 1/2] doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree module

Greg Rose gvrose8192 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 7 18:51:14 UTC 2021


It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) module.
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 | 8 +++++++-
 NEWS                           | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 4b9620015..d96894221 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ 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 module is deprecated and support is capped at Linux
+    kernel version 5.8. The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed
+    from Open vSwitch in branch 2.18.
+
 Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
 
     A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms.  Each
@@ -101,7 +106,8 @@ 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..6b64994af 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ 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 module is deprecated
+     * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8
+     * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel module will be accepted.
+     * The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed in OVS branch
+       2.18
 
 
 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020
-- 
2.17.1



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