X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.Linux;h=7090ce672e1e331b314a9dd0004fb85a0de77a4c;hb=f20279afbdcd101c4fb808ab73e176f9783b14d6;hp=aadac73f438ae1bcd821d02a35080bc5d2f7e485;hpb=30746a1b6a9758a58d6f9a7a85830512aa0e114f;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index aadac73f4..7090ce672 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ==================================== This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a -generic Linux host host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on a -Citrix XenServer 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead. +generic Linux host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on a Citrix +XenServer version 5.5.0, see INSTALL.XenServer instead. This version of Open vSwitch should be built manually with "configure" and "make". Debian packaging for Open vSwitch is also included, but @@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ you will need the following software: connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. To enable, configure with --enable-ssl=yes. -To compile the kernel module (which is required for operation), you -must also install the following: +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 +userspace implementation may also lack some features. Refer to +INSTALL.userspace for more information. - A supported Linux kernel version. Please refer to README for a list of supported versions. @@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ If you are working from a Git tree or snapshot (instead of from a distribution tarball), or if you modify the Open vSwitch build system, you will also need the following software: - - Autoconf version 2.60 or later. + - Autoconf version 2.63 or later. - Automake version 1.10 or later. @@ -161,16 +164,14 @@ respectively. At runtime, you may make ovs-vswitchd reload its configuration file and update its configuration accordingly by sending it a SIGHUP -signal. The ovs-appctl utility can also be used to do this with a -command such as: +signal. The ovs-appctl utility can also be used to do this: - % ovs-appctl -t -e vswitchd/reload + % ovs-appctl vswitchd/reload -where is ovs-vswitchd's process ID. In the latter case, -ovs-appctl will not exit until the reload and reconfiguration is -complete. +In the latter case, ovs-appctl will wait for ovs-vswitchd to finish +reloading before it exits. Bug Reporting ------------- -Please report problems to ovs-bugs@openvswitch.org. +Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.