From: Ben Pfaff Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 21:43:14 +0000 (-0800) Subject: FAQ: Add table of supported Linux versions. X-Git-Tag: sliver-openvswitch-1.9.90-3~10^2~115 X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=314e60e19507f12b89faaf8e605bd8e818cfe0a2;p=sliver-openvswitch.git FAQ: Add table of supported Linux versions. Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Acked-by: Kyle Mestery Acked-by: Jesse Gross --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 9bb9ffa8a..15fb6940b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -128,6 +128,32 @@ A: All official releases have been through a comprehensive testing supplanted by the next major release. The current LTS release is 1.4.x. +Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with? + +A: The following table lists the Linux kernel versions against which the + given versions of the Open vSwitch kernel module will successfully + build. The Linux kernel versions are upstream kernel versions, so + modified Linux kernels modified from the upstream sources may not + build in some cases even if they are based on a supported version. + This is most notably true of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) kernels, + which are extensively modified from upstream. + + Open vSwitch Linux kernel + ------------ ------------- + 1.4.x 2.6.18 to 3.2 + 1.5.x 2.6.18 to 3.2 + 1.6.x 2.6.18 to 3.2 + 1.7.x 2.6.18 to 3.3 + 1.8.x 2.6.18 to 3.4 + 1.9.x 2.6.18 to 3.6 + + Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module + built into Linux 3.3 and later. + + Open vSwitch userspace is not sensitive to the Linux kernel version. + It should build against almost any kernel, certainly against 2.6.18 + and later. + Q: What features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath that ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel?