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authorIlya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>2022-08-15 13:59:51 +0200
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docs: Remove remaining references to OVS kmod and XenServer.
README file still mentions a kernel module and some parts of the documentation still have XenServer references, e.g. 'xs-*' database configuration options. Removing them. Fixes: 422e90437854 ("make: Remove the Linux datapath.") Fixes: 83c9518e7c67 ("xenserver: Remove xenserver.") Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM environments.
In addition to exposing standard control and visibility interfaces to the
virtual networking layer, it was designed to support distribution across
multiple physical servers. Open vSwitch supports multiple Linux-based
-virtualization technologies including Xen/XenServer, KVM, and VirtualBox.
+virtualization technologies including KVM, and VirtualBox.
The bulk of the code is written in platform-independent C and is easily ported
to other environments. The current release of Open vSwitch supports the
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ following features:
- Transactional configuration database with C and Python bindings
- High-performance forwarding using a Linux kernel module
-The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 3.10 and up.
-
Open vSwitch can also operate entirely in userspace without assistance from
a kernel module. This userspace implementation should be easier to port than
the kernel-based switch. OVS in userspace can access Linux or DPDK devices.
@@ -61,10 +59,8 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
- ovsdb-server, a lightweight database server that ovs-vswitchd queries to
obtain its configuration.
- ovs-dpctl, a tool for configuring the switch kernel module.
-- Scripts and specs for building RPMs for Citrix XenServer and Red Hat
- Enterprise Linux. The XenServer RPMs allow Open vSwitch to be installed on a
- Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in replacement for its switch, with
- additional functionality.
+- Scripts and specs for building RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
+ deb packages for Ubuntu/Debian.
- ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration of
ovs-vswitchd.
- ovs-appctl, a utility that sends commands to running Open vSwitch daemons.
@@ -123,9 +119,6 @@ The following files are licensed under the 3-clause BSD-license
include/windows/netinet/ip6.h
lib/strsep.c
-Files under the xenserver directory are licensed on a file-by-file basis.
-Refer to each file for details.
-
Files lib/sflow*.[ch] are licensed under the terms of either the
Sun Industry Standards Source License 1.1, that is available at:
http://host-sflow.sourceforge.net/sissl.html