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| author | Greg Rose <gvrose8192@gmail.com> | 2021-01-12 11:15:29 -0800 |
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| committer | Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> | 2021-01-15 19:32:49 +0100 |
| commit | acb46c58a036dcaebde4f34f4b6f49dbb51013cb (patch) | |
| tree | c1c675660e26341a1180dfda4deacdd354e74bf3 /NEWS | |
| parent | 2ccd66f594f7a5fdc39028f8c7473e11d2329a11 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-acb46c58a036dcaebde4f34f4b6f49dbb51013cb.tar.gz | |
doc: Deprecate building Linux kernel module from OVS source tree.
It is decided (1) to deprecate building the Linux kernel module
from the Open vSwitch source tree.
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 <gvrose8192@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@sysclose.org>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ 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 kernel module will be fully removed from the OVS source tree + in OVS branch 2.18 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020 |