Add RHEL 5/6 spec files and instructions.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index d23636d..dddad3f 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ vSwitch supports the following features:
 
 The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with
 testing focused on 2.6.32 with Centos and Xen patches.  Open vSwitch
 
 The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with
 testing focused on 2.6.32 with Centos and Xen patches.  Open vSwitch

-also has special support for Citrix XenServer hosts.
+also has special support for Citrix XenServer and Red Hat Enterprise
+Linux hosts.

 
 Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in
 userspace, without assistance from a kernel module.  This userspace
 
 Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in
 userspace, without assistance from a kernel module.  This userspace


@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
 
     * ovs-dpctl, a tool for configuring the switch kernel module.
 
 
     * ovs-dpctl, a tool for configuring the switch kernel module.
 

-    * Scripts and specs for building RPMs that allow Open vSwitch
-      to be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in
-      replacement for its switch, with additional functionality.
+    * Scripts and specs for building RPMs for Citrix XenServer and Red
+      Hat Enterprise Linux.  The XenServer RPMs allow Open vSwitch to
+      be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in replacement
+      for its switch, with additional functionality.

 
     * ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration
       of ovs-vswitchd.
 
     * ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration
       of ovs-vswitchd.


@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ read INSTALL.bridge.
 To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
 or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
 
 To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
 or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
 

+To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Red Hat Enterprise
+Linux host, read INSTALL.RHEL.
+

 To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then
 INSTALL.KVM.
 
 To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then
 INSTALL.KVM.