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diff --git a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst index 162e9d209..d0a58f8de 100644 --- a/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/internals/contributing/backporting-patches.rst @@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ userspace changes. 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 +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 +instructions are preserved for that reason. + First, the patch should be submitted upstream to `netdev`. When the patch has been applied to `net-next`, it is ready to be backported. Starting from the Linux tree, use ``git format-patch`` to format each patch that should be |