From: Joe Stringer Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:39:09 +0000 (-0700) Subject: FAQ: Update feature table. X-Git-Tag: v2.12.3~5619 X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6792e40787550b77c1696dade5730ea76e378456;p=mirror_ovs.git FAQ: Update feature table. Linux kernel support for features in out-of-tree module no longer depend on particular versions, as we only support kernels 3.10-4.3; Connection tracking status has changed recently; and NAT is a brand new feature with only support in the latest unreleased Linux kernel version. Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer Acked-by: Ben Pfaff Acked-by: Ryan Moats --- diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index e39a57f15..5e95ccc2b 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -180,13 +180,10 @@ A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each Linux release whose OVS module supports the feature. * *Linux OVS tree*: The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module - distributed with the OVS source tree. Some features of - this module rely on functionality not available in older - kernels: in this case the minumum Linux version (against - which the feature can be compiled) is listed. + distributed with the OVS source tree. * *Userspace*: Also known as DPDK, dpif-netdev or dummy datapath. It is the - only datapath that works on NetBSD and FreeBSD. + only datapath that works on NetBSD, FreeBSD and Mac OSX. * *Hyper-V*: Also known as the Windows datapath. @@ -195,9 +192,10 @@ A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms. Each Feature | Linux upstream | Linux OVS tree | Userspace | Hyper-V | ----------------------|:--------------:|:--------------:|:---------:|:-------:| -Connection tracking | 4.3 | 3.10 | NO | NO | +NAT | 4.6 | NO | NO | NO | +Connection tracking | 4.3 | YES | NO | PARTIAL | Tunnel - LISP | NO | YES | NO | NO | -Tunnel - STT | NO | 3.5 | NO | YES | +Tunnel - STT | NO | YES | NO | YES | Tunnel - GRE | 3.11 | YES | YES | YES | Tunnel - VXLAN | 3.12 | YES | YES | YES | Tunnel - Geneve | 3.18 | YES | YES | NO |