From: James Page <james.page@ubuntu.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:19:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: datapath: support Linux 3.8 kernel
X-Git-Tag: sliver-openvswitch-1.9.90-3~8^2~32
X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=sliver-openvswitch.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=64807dfb8d8eec88748a36e150322c8d4f0b32e1

datapath: support Linux 3.8 kernel

Add Linux 3.8 kernel to the range of supported kernel versions.

Signed-off-by: James Page <james.page@ubuntu.com>
[jesse: Update NEWS and FAQ]
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
---

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 6d14fc804..ab1c1ccab 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ A: The following table lists the Linux kernel versions against which the
        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 3.7
+       1.9.x      2.6.18 to 3.8
 
    Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module
    built into Linux 3.3 and later.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f9f7171dd..91a6dd53f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ v1.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx
     - Datapath:
       - Support for ipv6 set action.
       - SKB mark matching and setting.
-      - support for Linux kernels up to 3.7
+      - support for Linux kernels up to 3.8
     - FreeBSD is now a supported platform, thanks to code contributions from
       Gaetano Catalli, Ed Maste, and Giuseppe Lettieri.
     - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information.
diff --git a/datapath/datapath.c b/datapath/datapath.c
index ed69af808..b2854bc0f 100644
--- a/datapath/datapath.c
+++ b/datapath/datapath.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
 #include "vport-internal_dev.h"
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,18) || \
-    LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,8,0)
-#error Kernels before 2.6.18 or after 3.7 are not supported by this version of Open vSwitch.
+    LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,9,0)
+#error Kernels before 2.6.18 or after 3.8 are not supported by this version of Open vSwitch.
 #endif
 
 #define REHASH_FLOW_INTERVAL (10 * 60 * HZ)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 41c3b94e5..d3a8faf4b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ openvswitch (1.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
     - Datapath:
       - Support for ipv6 set action.
       - SKB mark matching and setting.
-      - support for Linux kernels up to 3.7
+      - support for Linux kernels up to 3.8
     - FreeBSD is now a supported platform, thanks to code contributions from
       Gaetano Catalli, Ed Maste, and Giuseppe Lettieri.
     - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information.