Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] openvswitch: remove support for legacy tunnel ports
Paolo Abeni <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:03:40 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 8/4/26 8:20 PM, Ilya Maximets wrote: > ovs-vswitchd doesn't use OVS_VPORT_TYPE_GRE/VXLAN/GENEVE with the > Linux kernel module since adding support for standard tunnel devices > with COLLECT_METADATA back in 2017. The code to use them was only > activated as a fallback for old kernels, so not used in practice. And > it is now fully removed in the upcoming OVS 4.0 release. Given the above, that ovs-vswitchd is the only legit user this interface the change looks very safe to me... > 21 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 874 deletions(-) ... and this is a very compelling reason to have it in ASAP. /P