Hi devs, This is somewhat relevant to the conversation that we had not long ago about OVS kernel mod version and ubuntu. Below is the table supported OVS - Kernel version pairs.
Regards, On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> > --- > FAQ | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ > index 9bb9ffa..15fb694 100644 > --- a/FAQ > +++ b/FAQ > @@ -128,6 +128,32 @@ A: All official releases have been through a > comprehensive testing > supplanted by the next major release. The current LTS release is > 1.4.x. > > +Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? > + > +A: The following table lists the Linux kernel versions against which the > + given versions of the Open vSwitch kernel module will successfully > + build. The Linux kernel versions are upstream kernel versions, so > + modified Linux kernels modified from the upstream sources may not > + build in some cases even if they are based on a supported version. > + This is most notably true of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) kernels, > + which are extensively modified from upstream. > + > + Open vSwitch Linux kernel > + ------------ ------------- > + 1.4.x 2.6.18 to 3.2 > + 1.5.x 2.6.18 to 3.2 > + 1.6.x 2.6.18 to 3.2 > + 1.7.x 2.6.18 to 3.3 > + 1.8.x 2.6.18 to 3.4 > + 1.9.x 2.6.18 to 3.6 > + > + Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module > + built into Linux 3.3 and later. > + > + Open vSwitch userspace is not sensitive to the Linux kernel version. > + It should build against almost any kernel, certainly against 2.6.18 > + and later. > + > Q: What features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath > that ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel? > > -- > 1.7.2.5 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > -- Guillermo Ontañón
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