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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> | 2019-07-22 10:35:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> | 2020-09-15 21:11:40 +0200 |
| commit | 74aba1ff68178c371e450dc4a73b14d3026f89ef (patch) | |
| tree | 6b6ca24abb3e5cda7cea736878f92fd8c2067b7b /Documentation/intro | |
| parent | 5198e8a06928e3324e6fd11f6209c336611dffd2 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-74aba1ff68178c371e450dc4a73b14d3026f89ef.tar.gz | |
Documentation: Correct claims about Debian packaging.
The documentation reported the union of all possible Debian- and
Debian-derived packaging. This isn't realistic: there are differences
between OVS upstream, Debian downstream, and Ubuntu downstream. This
commit distinguishes them.
Reported-by: Ravi Kerur <rkerur@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/intro')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst index 54362c0a4..b68a764d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst @@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ that includes the core userspace components of the switch. 2. For kernel datapath, ``openvswitch-datapath-dkms`` can be installed to automatically build and install Open vSwitch kernel module for your running -kernel. +kernel. This package is only available when the .deb packages are built from +the Open vSwitch repository; it is not downstream in Debian or Ubuntu releases. 3. For fast userspace switching, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is -bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. +bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. This package is only +available in the Ubuntu distribution; it is not upstream in the Open vSwitch +repository or downstream in Debian. Fedora ------ |