On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 06:23:43PM +0100, Ilya Maximets wrote: > On 3/21/24 11:03, Simon Horman wrote: > > The Kernel datapath is no longer present in the primary development > > branch of the OVS tree. Remove references to this in the documentation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <ho...@ovn.org> > > --- > > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 3 --- > > Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst | 7 +------ > > 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > > index 49b987b610c3..62bf7739164f 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > > @@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open > > vSwitch: > > that one, because it may support the kernel that you are building > > against. (To find out, consult the table in the previous FAQ.) > > > > - - The Open vSwitch "master" branch may support the kernel that you are > > - using, so consider building the kernel module from "master". > > - > > This change seem a little strange. This question by itself should > be changed and the answer re-written. Users should not have this > error on recent releases, but since we're still supporting 2.17, some > people may still get this error and may look for an answer on the > website. So, we should keep the question and an answer in some > capacity. > > I agree that referencing master branch here is incorrect, since that > branch doesn't actually contain the kernel module code. But we may > direct people to branch-2.17 instead and point out that it is the > last branch that contains code for the module. > > There are few other FAQ qustions around here that may also use some > re-wording. We may fully remove them next year when 2.17 goes EoL.
Thanks Ilya, I'll work on updating this as you suggest. I agree that we need to keep some documentation around until 2.17 goes EOL. ... _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
