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authorIlya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>2022-07-15 15:10:25 +0200
committerIlya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>2022-07-15 23:18:54 +0200
commite2e8d7cd317a820de0f68c03489a198637833883 (patch)
tree2769f952dd4436e0e3dda00841dadfa342884338 /Documentation
parent1b53826d6c740c78857b66b1769650ffd3de7c63 (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-e2e8d7cd317a820de0f68c03489a198637833883.tar.gz
Prepare for 3.0.0.
Acked-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com> Acked-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/faq/releases.rst13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/internals/release-process.rst4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index bf2f3438c..13982ab8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with?
2.15.x 3.16 to 5.8
2.16.x 3.16 to 5.8
2.17.x 3.16 to 5.8
- 2.18.x N/A
+ 3.0+ N/A
============ ==============
Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module built
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with?
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
+ source code from the Open vSwitch source tree for the Open vSwitch 3.0
release.
Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ 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. This datapath is deprecated starting with OVS
- 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8. As of OVS 2.18.x
+ 2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8. As of OVS 3.0.x
the Linux OVS tree is no longer supported.
Userspace
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
Feature Linux upstream Linux OVS tree Userspace Hyper-V
========================== ============== ============== ========= =======
Connection tracking 4.3 2.5 2.6 YES
- Connection tracking-IPv6 YES YES YES 2.18
+ Connection tracking-IPv6 YES YES YES 3.0
Conntrack Fragment Reass. 4.3 2.6 2.12 YES
Conntrack Timeout Policies 5.2 2.12 2.14 NO
Conntrack Zone Limit 4.18 2.10 2.13 YES
Conntrack NAT 4.6 2.6 2.8 YES
- Conntrack NAT6 4.6 2.6 2.8 2.18
+ Conntrack NAT6 4.6 2.6 2.8 3.0
Tunnel - LISP NO 2.11 NO NO
Tunnel - STT NO 2.4 NO YES
Tunnel - GRE 3.11 1.0 2.4 YES
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
Tunnel - Geneve 3.18 2.4 2.4 YES
Tunnel - GRE-IPv6 4.18 2.6 2.6 NO
Tunnel - VXLAN-IPv6 4.3 2.6 2.6 NO
- Tunnel - Geneve-IPv6 4.4 2.6 2.6 2.18
+ Tunnel - Geneve-IPv6 4.4 2.6 2.6 3.0
Tunnel - ERSPAN 4.18 2.10 2.10 NO
Tunnel - ERSPAN-IPv6 4.18 2.10 2.10 NO
Tunnel - GTP-U NO NO 2.14 NO
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
2.15.x 20.11.4
2.16.x 20.11.4
2.17.x 21.11.1
+ 3.0.x 21.11.1
============ ========
Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?
diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst
index d0a58f8de..fae416eb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ How to backport kernel patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These instructions only apply to Open vSwitch releases 2.17 and older.
-As of Open vSwitch branch 2.18 the Open vSwitch kernel module is no
+As of Open vSwitch branch 3.0 the Open vSwitch kernel module is no
longer supported and only the Linux openvswitch kernel module is used.
In the case of Open vSwitch releases 2.17 and older, kernel backports
may be required for bux fixes and feature implementation so these
diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
index 922d59852..0eb8e192a 100644
--- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
+++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ LTS designation schedule example (depends on current state of development):
+---------+--------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| 2.17 | Feb 2022 | 2.17 - new latest stable |
+---------+--------------+--------------------------------------------------+
-| 2.18 | Aug 2022 | 2.18 - new latest stable, 2.17 stable ⟶ new LTS |
+| 3.0 | Aug 2022 | 3.0 - new latest stable, 2.17 stable ⟶ new LTS |
+---------+--------------+--------------------------------------------------+
-| 2.19 | Feb 2023 | 2.19 - new latest stable, 2.13 LTS ⟶ EOL |
+| 3.1 | Feb 2023 | 3.1 - new latest stable, 2.13 LTS ⟶ EOL |
+---------+--------------+--------------------------------------------------+
While branches other than LTS and the latest release are not formally