Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-06 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 10:33:54AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 09:57:25PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:51:30PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:23:24PM -0800,

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 09:57:25PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:51:30PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:23:24PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > > >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Flavio Leit

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:51:30PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:23:24PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > >> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 02:07:08PM -0800, Ben Pfaff w

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Andy Zhou
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:23:24PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: >> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 02:07:08PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 08:04:29PM -0200, Flavio Leitne

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 03:23:24PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 02:07:08PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 08:04:29PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote: > >> > The above is not available in Fedora 20. > >

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Andy Zhou
Pushed with the xml updates. Ben, Thanks for the wirte-up and review! On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 01:32:32PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: >> OVS userspace are backward compatible with older Linux kernel modules. >> However, not having the most up-to-date

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Andy Zhou
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 02:07:08PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 08:04:29PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote: >> > The above is not available in Fedora 20. >> > # stat /sys/module/openvswitch/version >> > stat: cannot stat ???

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 02:07:08PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 08:04:29PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote: > > The above is not available in Fedora 20. > > # stat /sys/module/openvswitch/version > > stat: cannot stat ???/sys/module/openvswitch/version???: No such file or > > direc

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 08:04:29PM -0200, Flavio Leitner wrote: > The above is not available in Fedora 20. > # stat /sys/module/openvswitch/version > stat: cannot stat ???/sys/module/openvswitch/version???: No such file or > directory > # uname -r > 3.16.7-200.fc20.x86_64 You only get it with the

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 01:32:32PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > OVS userspace are backward compatible with older Linux kernel modules. > However, not having the most up-to-date datapath kernel modules can > some times lead to user confusion. Storing the datapath version in > OVSDB allows management so

Re: [ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 01:32:32PM -0800, Andy Zhou wrote: > OVS userspace are backward compatible with older Linux kernel modules. > However, not having the most up-to-date datapath kernel modules can > some times lead to user confusion. Storing the datapath version in > OVSDB allows management so

[ovs-dev] [dp version v6] bridge: Store datapath version into ovsdb

2014-11-05 Thread Andy Zhou
OVS userspace are backward compatible with older Linux kernel modules. However, not having the most up-to-date datapath kernel modules can some times lead to user confusion. Storing the datapath version in OVSDB allows management software to check and optionally provide notifications to users. Sig