[ovs-discuss] OVS release for Linux 5.10?

[Don Hiatt]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 10:18 AM Gregory Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Hello Don,
> >>
> >> 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
>

Understood. Thank you very much, Greg!

Have a great day.

Don