On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleana...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:09 AM, Ben Pfaff <b...@ovn.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 08:49:44PM +0200, Alexandru Ardelean wrote: >> > This is the first in a series of attempts to trim the fat >> > off of OVS, to make it friendlier for embedded systems. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleana...@gmail.com> >> >> I don't like this idea. This is going to turn into a slippery slope of >> people who don't want one feature or another. I don't want to turn OVS >> into a configuration mess like the Linux kernel, where you can't rely on >> anything to be present. >> > > Well, specifically for this approach, the feature would be enabled by > default and we're adding the option to disable. > > I do agree with the slippery slope part. > But as it turns out, OVS is getting bigger and bigger with each release, > which means fewer and fewer devices can support it. > > I am open to any other suggestions ? > And I am not insisting on any specifics as long as they allow some option > to reduce OVS' size. > > Thanks > Alex > I did forget to mention that we're using OVS in the context of OpenWRT. ( Did not get to drink my coffee yet. ) The main/official package feed for OpenWRT is: https://github.com/openwrt/packages/tree/master/net/openvswitch The Makefile just specifies build rules to download, build and package OpenWRT from the OVS Github repo. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
