It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) module. Update the NEWS and FAQ to provide notice.
1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <[email protected]> --- V2 - s/driver/module and add notice for when the OOT module will be completely removed --- Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 8 +++++++- NEWS | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index 4b9620015..d96894221 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels. + Beginning with Open vSwitch branch 2.15 the Open vSwitch Out of Tree + (OOT) Linux kernel module is deprecated and support is capped at Linux + kernel version 5.8. The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed + from Open vSwitch in branch 2.18. + Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each @@ -101,7 +106,8 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? Linux OVS tree The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with the - OVS source tree. + OVS source tree. This datapath will be deprecated starting with OVS + 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8. Userspace This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 617fe8e6a..b664d94eb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ Post-v2.14.0 tearing down IPsec tunnels. * Add option '--no-restart-ike-daemon' to allow ovs-monitor-ipsec to start without restarting ipsec daemon. + - Support for the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) kernel module is deprecated + * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8 + * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel module will be accepted. + * The Linux OOT kernel module will be fully removed in OVS branch + 2.18 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020 -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
