On 26 March 2018 at 14:32, Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com> wrote: > Thanks for the review, Ansis! > > Ansis Atteka <ansisatt...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 20 March 2018 at 14:05, Aaron Conole <acon...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> +. >>> +.PP >>> +Each of \fBovs\-ctl\fR's commands is described separately below. >>> +. >>> +.SH "The ``insert'' command" >>> +. >>> +.PP >>> +The \fBinsert\fR command loads the Open vSwitch kernel modules, if >>> +needed. If this fails, and the Linux bridge module is loaded but no >>> +bridges exist, it tries to unload the bridge module and tries loading >>> +the Open vSwitch kernel module again. (This is because the Open >>> +vSwitch kernel module cannot coexist with the Linux bridge module >>> +before 2.6.37.) >> FYI: I believe latest Open vSwitch does not support kernels older than 3.10: > > Sure. I can take the parenthetical phrase out. > >> AC_ERROR([Linux kernel in $KBUILD is version $kversion, but >> version 3.10 or later is required])
FWIW this isn't supported kernel versions, this is only versions that the module in the tree will compile against. In theory people can still use older kernels with the latest OVS userspace (though some features may be missing). _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
