connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. To
enable, configure with --enable-ssl=yes.
+ - libpcre, the Perl Compatible Regular Expression library, is
+ optional but recommended. Without it, OVSDB will not be able to
+ validate regular-expression based contraints.
+
To compile the kernel module, you must also install the following. If
you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may use the
userspace-only implementation, at a cost in performance. The
- libssl compatible with the libssl used for build, if OpenSSL was
used for the build.
+ - libpcre compatible with the libpcre used for build, if PCRE was
+ used for the build.
+
- The Linux kernel version configured as part of the build.
- For optional support of ingress policing, the "tc" program from