@@ -14,26 +14,22 @@ Overview of current release

 Getting started (Linux)

 -----------------------

-- Use a recent Linux kernel. Linux 5.4.0 and newer are known to work with

-  ovpn-dco.

+The new DCO linux kernel module (namely `ovpn`) has been merged upstream

+as of linux-6.16. From this kernel version onwards you directly get

+the DCO module as shipped by your kernel.

+NOTE: the new `ovpn` Linux kernel module is compatible only with OpenVPN

+2.7 and greater.

-Get the ovpn-dco module from one these urls and build it:

+Alternatively, if you run an older kernel or if you want to use a more

+recent DCO module than the one shipped by your kernel, you need to use

+the ovpn-backports project.

-* https://gitlab.com/openvpn/ovpn-dco

-* https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-dco

+To learn how to use the ovpn-backports project and build your own DCO

+kernel module, please refer to the README file available at:

-e.g.

+  https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-backports/blob/main/README.md

-    git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-dco

-    cd ovpn-dco

-    make

-    sudo make install

-

-If you want to report bugs please ensure to compile ovpn-dco with

-`make DEBUG=1` and include any debug message being printed by the

-kernel (you can view those messages with `dmesg`).

-

-Clone and build OpenVPN (or use OpenVPN 2.6+). For example:

+Then clone and build OpenVPN (or use OpenVPN 2.7+). For example:

     git clone https://github.com/openvpn/openvpn.git

     cd openvpn

@@ -48,8 +44,8 @@ support. If the configuration contains an option that is incompatible with

 data channel offloading, OpenVPN will automatically disable DCO support and

 warn the user.

-Should OpenVPN be configured to use a feature that is not supported by ovpn-dco

-or should the ovpn-dco kernel module not be available on the system, you will

+Should OpenVPN be configured to use a feature that is not supported by ovpn

+or should the ovpn kernel module not be available on the system, you will

 see a message like

     Note: Kernel support for ovpn-dco missing, disabling data channel offload.

@@ -131,4 +127,3 @@ Current implementation limitations

 - `--persist-tun` not tested;

 - IPv6 mapped IPv4 addresses need Linux 5.4.189+/5.10.110+/5.12+ to work;

 - some incompatible options may not properly fallback to non-dco;

-- no per client statistics. Only total statistics available on the interface.