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| author | Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com> | 2018-07-12 19:48:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com> | 2018-07-24 22:35:45 +0100 |
| commit | 75119da767620f64aa563332969c2eeb79d3c363 (patch) | |
| tree | cf147cf08517fd880fcc21e53f8f0cce8df6dd2a /Documentation/howto | |
| parent | 60d8ccae135f046a313a64d5f71822177b3c2371 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-75119da767620f64aa563332969c2eeb79d3c363.tar.gz | |
Docs: Improve OVS DPDK version mapping notice.
A common issue is users pairing the incorrect version of OVS to DPDK
when working outside of the build tree.
To avoid this, this commit updates the OVS DPDK documentation to explicitly
flag that users should consult the OVS to DPDK release mapping in FAQ if
working outside of the OVS build tree.
Suggested-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com>
Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@sysclose.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/howto')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst index 82596f557..ab3d576b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst +++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst @@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ This document describes how to use Open vSwitch with DPDK datapath. .. important:: - Using the DPDK datapath requires building OVS with DPDK support. Refer to - :doc:`/intro/install/dpdk` for more information. + Using the DPDK datapath requires building OVS with DPDK support. The + mapping of OVS version to DPDK can vary between releases. For version + mapping information refer to :doc:`releases FAQ </faq/releases>`. For + build instructions refer to :doc:`/intro/install/dpdk`. Ports and Bridges ----------------- |