[ovs-dev] [PATCH V4 1/2] doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree module
Flavio Leitner
fbl at sysclose.org
Mon Jan 11 21:51:27 UTC 2021
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 12:26:49PM -0800, Greg Rose wrote:
> It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) module.
> Update the NEWS and FAQ to provide notice.
I suggest to rephrase the out of tree above as well.
fbl
>
> 1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>
> ---
> V2 - s/driver/module and add notice for when the OOT module will be
> completely removed
> V4 - Reword the faq and NEWS as suggested by Ilya and Ben
> ---
> Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 11 +++++++++--
> NEWS | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> index 4b9620015..9638d3196 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> @@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ 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.
>
> + Starting with Open vSwitch 2.15, building the Linux kernel module from
> + the Open vSwitch source tree is deprecated. It will not be updated to
> + support Linux versions later than 5.8. We will remove the kernel module
> + source code from the Open vSwitch source tree for the Open vSwitch 2.18
> + release.
> +
> Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
>
> A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each
> @@ -100,8 +106,9 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
> feature.
>
> Linux OVS tree
> - The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with the
> - OVS source tree.
> + The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with
> + the OVS source tree. This datapath is 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 617fe8e6a..75048abb9 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ Post-v2.14.0
> tearing down IPsec tunnels.
> * Add option '--no-restart-ike-daemon' to allow ovs-monitor-ipsec to start
> without restarting ipsec daemon.
> + - Building the Linux kernel module from the OVS source tree 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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