On 26 March 2018 at 19:58, Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> wrote:
> 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).
You are right. Thanks for correcting.
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