brcompat: Mark ovs-brcompat as deprecated.

Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <[email protected]> bug #14341
wxgospel · Dec 27, 2012 · a8643e4 · a8643e4
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ v1.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx
     - The following features are now deprecated.  They will be removed no
       earlier than February 2013.  Please email [email protected] with
       concerns.
+        - Bridge compatibility.
         - Stable bond mode.
         - The autopath action.
         - Interface type "null".

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ openvswitch (1.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
     - The following features are now deprecated.  They will be removed no
       earlier than February 2013.  Please email [email protected] with
       concerns.
+        - Bridge compatibility.
         - Stable bond mode.
         - The autopath action.
         - Interface type "null".

diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.8.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ A daemon that provides a legacy bridge front-end for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.  It
 does this by listening for bridge ioctl commands (e.g., those generated by
 the \fBbrctl\fR program) to add or remove datapaths and the interfaces
 that attach to them.
+This feature is deprecated and will be removed no earlier than February 2013.
 .PP
 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP "\fB\-\-appctl=\fIprogram\fR"

diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.c b/vswitchd/ovs-brcompatd.c
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     set_program_name(argv[0]);
     vlog_set_levels(&VLM_reconnect, VLF_ANY_FACILITY, VLL_WARN);
 
+    VLOG_WARN("Bridge compatibility is deprecated and may be removed "
+              "no earlier than February 2013");
     parse_options(argc, argv);
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
     process_init();