On 1/5/21 7:33 PM, Greg Rose wrote: > As agreed in (1) deprecate the Linux OOT driver. > > github Build and Test here: > https://github.com/gvrose8192/ovs-experimental/actions/runs/463987690 > > 1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html > > Greg Rose (2): > doc: Deprecate the Linux Out of Tree drivers > acinclude: Warn when --with-linux parameter is supplied > > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 7 ++++++- > NEWS | 3 +++ > acinclude.m4 | 1 + > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >
Thanks for the patches! Few general comments: 1. Word 'driver' sounds weird to me. 'kennel module' is more commonly used term, I think. We're using term 'driver' for windows datapath, but it seems like windows-specific thing. In Linux world 'driver' is usually something that talks directly to hardware and that is not the case for openvswitch.ko and other parts. I'd say that we need to do s/kernel driver/kernel module/ in this patch set. 2. We need to specify the date of removal in NEWS and docs. I'd say that we could state that OOT kernel module will be removed in 2.16. BTW, from the development point of view it might be good to remove it as soon as 2.15 branched/released. Best regards, Ilya Maximets. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
