OVS userspace can work with the OVS kernel module distributed with the kernel. This provides a straightforward workaround.
I don't understand the comment about updating the FAQ/NEWS version matrix. It already states that 2.3 supports Linux 2.6.32 to 3.14, and explicitly mentions that modified kernels like RHEL can break the build for the kernel module in the OVS tree. I briefly looked at this, and it involves more than just cherry-picking my commit from above. All of the required patches should be available on master, so it should be primarily a matter of figuring out exactly which commits need to be cherry-picked back to branch-2.3. If you're eager to look into exactly what's needed, that would be useful information; otherwise I expect that someone will look into it when they get some free cycles. On 2 April 2015 at 17:10, Sabyasachi Sengupta <sabyasachi.sengu...@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: > > Thanks. A patch off branch-2.3 will certainly help as 2.3.1 the latest > released OVS version and it would be nice to see it compatible with latest > Centos official distro. Can you also update the FAQ/NEWs version matrix? > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2015, Joe Stringer wrote: > >> I pushed a fix to master for what looks like the corresponding RHEL7 >> kernel last week (I didn't backport this to 2.3, was I meant to?): >> >> >> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/13dd4a9738e99684a56b10ce2f1a5ee2d2ec2f9f >> >> On Wed, 1 Apr 2015, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> >> Seems likely. >> >> For new kernels, make sure you're building master. >> >> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 04:46:54PM -0700, Sabyasachi Sengupta wrote: >>> >>> >>> ovs from master branch off github does not build in C7.1. There are >>> quite a few errors in datapath directory, was hoping if a patch was >>> already available. Probably no one tried it yet? >>> >>> --- >>> Nuage Networks Business Unit, Alcatel-Lucent, >>> 755 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA, 94043 >>> Mailstop: 1127, Ph: 1-650-623-3461 >>> >>> On Wed, 1 Apr 2015, Ben Pfaff wrote: >>> >>>> Does it build? Then I imagine it's supported. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 01:44:41PM -0700, Sabyasachi Sengupta wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone respond to this question? I can provide a patch for enabling >>>>> the >>>>> 3.10.229 kernel (backported from native Linux) if one is not already >>>>> available.. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2015, Sabyasachi Sengupta wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Can anyone please let me know if Centos 7.1 (3.10.0-229) kernel >>>>>> supported in master branch? I'm currently based off branch-2.3. If >>>>>> this is already available, what would be the commit hash(es) to be >>>>>> picked up? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Sabya >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> dev mailing list >>>>>> dev@openvswitch.org >>>>>> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev mailing list >>>>> dev@openvswitch.org >>>>> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>> >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
