X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=INSTALL.bridge;h=76d180fe49d35aaa2bcff8a37dd3b0e0b566218b;hb=f7fed00035a1b7822c1d61e568bc31e842f192db;hp=7738cd2ecf3dfa429d824344ea82af1c01309372;hpb=7ad52331167e44e990e798585b46fb03ea2d729d;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/INSTALL.bridge b/INSTALL.bridge index 7738cd2ec..76d180fe4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.bridge +++ b/INSTALL.bridge @@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ This file documents how Open vSwitch may be used as a drop-in replacement for a Linux kernel bridge in an environment that includes elements that are tightly tied to the Linux bridge tools -(e.g. "brctl") and architecture. We do not recommend using the -approach described here outside such an environment, since the other -tools included with Open vSwitch are easier to use and more -general-purpose than the Linux bridging tools. +(e.g. "brctl") and architecture. We recommend directly using the +management tools provided with Open vSwitch rather than these +compatibility hooks for environments that are not tightly tied to the +Linux bridging tools; they are more efficient and better reflect the +actual operation and status. + Installation Procedure ---------------------- @@ -40,10 +42,11 @@ to update system scripts to follow these steps. bridge interfaces), to ensure that the Open vSwitch kernel modules are loaded before the Linux kernel bridge module. -3. Create an initial ovs-vswitchd.conf file. This file may be empty - when ovs-vswitchd, or you may add any valid configuration - directives to it (as described in ovs-vswitchd.conf(5)), but it - must exist. +3. Create an initial version of the configuration file, for example + /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf. This file may be empty initially or may + contain add any valid configuration directives described in + ovs-vswitchd.conf(5). However, it must exist when you start + ovs-vswitchd. To create an empty configuration file: