On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 12:26:49PM -0800, Greg Rose wrote: > It is decided (1) to deprecate the Linux Out of Tree (OOT) module. > Update the NEWS and FAQ to provide notice.
I suggest to rephrase the out of tree above as well. fbl > > 1. https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-December/378831.html > > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8...@gmail.com> > --- > V2 - s/driver/module and add notice for when the OOT module will be > completely removed > V4 - Reword the faq and NEWS as suggested by Ilya and Ben > --- > Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 11 +++++++++-- > NEWS | 5 +++++ > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > index 4b9620015..9638d3196 100644 > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst > @@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ 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. > > + Starting with Open vSwitch 2.15, building the Linux kernel module from > + the Open vSwitch source tree is deprecated. It will not be updated to > + support Linux versions later than 5.8. We will remove the kernel module > + source code from the Open vSwitch source tree for the Open vSwitch 2.18 > + release. > + > Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? > > A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. > Each > @@ -100,8 +106,9 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths? > feature. > > Linux OVS tree > - The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with > the > - OVS source tree. > + The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with > + the OVS source tree. This datapath is 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..75048abb9 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. > + - Building the Linux kernel module from the OVS source tree 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 > d...@openvswitch.org > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev -- fbl _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev