[ovs-discuss] [ovn] linux headers

[Jesse Gross]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Murali R <muralirdev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The easiest thing to do is likely just to use the OVS module that is
>> shipped as part of your distribution kernel - it is pretty recent so
>> it should have most features. If you really need something that is
>> missing from that (NAT is the most obvious example) then the best path
>> is likely to wait a little while longer and use the master branch.
>
> Thank you.
> I am building code on top of master, so for now will stick with older trusty
> builds.
> Due to CT backports, I was not too sure to just remove that check, so was
> inquiring.
> Maybe we need a switch in build to use CT backport or use from current linux
> headers?
> I am not a kernel person, so not aware of complications there.
> Considering 4.4 is now a common place we  probably need to get a build
> process
> work with it IMO.

There are some patches under review to add support for up to kernel
4.6, so I would expect master to have support for these kernels in the
next couple days or so. Once that goes in, there shouldn't be any need
to worry about backports, conntrack or otherwise.