There will be significant changes for tunneling between 1.9 and 1.10
so this describes how to smoothly upgrade.
Suggested-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
It should build against almost any kernel, certainly against 2.6.18
and later.
+Q: Should userspace or kernel be upgraded first to minimize downtime?
+
+ In general, the Open vSwitch userspace should be used with the
+ kernel version included in the same release or with the version
+ from upstream Linux. However, when upgrading between two releases
+ of Open vSwitch it is best to migrate userspace first to reduce
+ the possbility of incompatibilities.
+
Q: What features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath
that ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel?