[ovs-discuss] OVS release for Linux 5.10?

[Gregory Rose]

On 4/6/2021 3:27 PM, Don Hiatt wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 10:59 AM Gregory Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 4/6/2021 10:40 AM, Don Hiatt via discuss wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm new to the list so I apologize if I missed this in the archives
>>> but will OVS 2.16.x be the first release to officially support Linux
>>> 5.10? Is there an approximate date for 5.10 support?
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>> Hello Don,
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>> Building of the Linux kernel module from the OVS source tree is
>> deprecated and limited to 5.8 and lower.  For Linux releases
>>   > 5.8 you can use the Linux kerne's built-in openvwitch kernel
>> module.
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> What about STT support? I thought STT was not available in-tree?
> If STT is not available in-tree, are they any other options planned for
> the future use of STT or is it being deprecated as well?

STT support will be deprecated along with the rest of the OVS
kernel modules derived from the OVS source tree.  If STT is required
then you'll have to consider maintaining your own STT driver
privately.

- Greg