[ovs-discuss] br-compat Module

[Ben Pfaff]

It allowed Open vSwitch to act as a compatible drop-in replacement for
the Linux bridge, for environments where that was desirable.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:00:53AM -0700, Cali Ente wrote:
> So what was it's purpose? I was under the impression it helped facilitate
> the bridging.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 09:55:01AM -0700, Cali Ente wrote:
> > > Hey everybody, just had a quick question regarding the br-compat module
> > > that I couldn't seem to find answered. I know in versions =<1.9.0
> > br-compat
> > > is included, but 1.10.0 and on it has been removed. Does this mean that
> > > br-compat is no longer needed by openvswitch to function?
> >
> > brcompat was never needed by openvswitch to function.
> >