Indicate that OVS only works with kernels 2.6.18 and greater

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 5b80998..55e9d9c 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ vSwitch supports the following features:
     * Support for OpenFlow
     * Compatibility layer for the Linux bridging code
 
-The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.15 and up, with
+The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with
 testing focused on 2.6.18 with Centos and Xen patches and version
 2.6.26 from kernel.org.  Open vSwitch also has special support for
 Citrix XenServer hosts.
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
     * ovs-appctl, a utility that sends commands to running Open
       vSwitch daemons.
 
+    * ovsdbmonitor, a GUI tool for remotely viewing OVS databases and
+      OpenFlow flow tables.
+
 Open vSwitch also provides an OpenFlow implementation and tools for
 those interested in OpenFlow but not additional Open vSwitch features:
 
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ read INSTALL.bridge.
 To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
 or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
 
+To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then
+INSTALL.KVM.
+
 To install Open vSwitch without using a kernel module, read
 INSTALL.userspace.