X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=275e86e3a099f95e18322d761ef05eb0727411b5;hb=ea7655d9f9d38a3af7250de8ba0b89115b5f4a5e;hp=671c4a49dba6c1fe93931cba171be37a096536bd;hpb=1e3f34c7693bcabae8e443ac1b246680ef9b60e2;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 671c4a49d..275e86e3a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ ================================================ This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a -generic Linux or FreeBSD host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on -a Citrix XenServer, see INSTALL.XenServer instead. +generic Linux or FreeBSD host. For specifics around installation on a +specific platform, please see one of these files: -This version of Open vSwitch may be built manually with "configure" -and "make", as described below. You may also build Debian packages by -running "dpkg-buildpackage". + - INSTALL.Debian + - INSTALL.Fedora + - INSTALL.RHEL + - INSTALL.XenServer Build Requirements ------------------ @@ -261,6 +262,11 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build. you do not understand what this means or do not know if your driver will work, do not set this. + Once you verify that the kernel modules load properly, you should + install them: + + % make modules_install + 7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.: % mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch