From: Ben Pfaff Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:35:24 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Documentation: Correct claims about Debian packaging. X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=74aba1ff68178c371e450dc4a73b14d3026f89ef;p=ovs.git Documentation: Correct claims about Debian packaging. The documentation reported the union of all possible Debian- and Debian-derived packaging. This isn't realistic: there are differences between OVS upstream, Debian downstream, and Ubuntu downstream. This commit distinguishes them. Reported-by: Ravi Kerur Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets --- diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst index 54362c0a4..b68a764d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst @@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ that includes the core userspace components of the switch. 2. For kernel datapath, ``openvswitch-datapath-dkms`` can be installed to automatically build and install Open vSwitch kernel module for your running -kernel. +kernel. This package is only available when the .deb packages are built from +the Open vSwitch repository; it is not downstream in Debian or Ubuntu releases. 3. For fast userspace switching, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is -bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. +bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. This package is only +available in the Ubuntu distribution; it is not upstream in the Open vSwitch +repository or downstream in Debian. Fedora ------