X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.Linux;h=da992b57d4f9eebf14c9cee77c92c3d8c3464aff;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fbranch-1.5;hp=6442fcc9bb0ebf2d526556245f62c7f574ba102b;hpb=2970119462bf163a21ed0bc14f0268b0a54df508;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 6442fcc9b..da992b57d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ INSTALL.userspace for more information. bridge") before starting the datapath. For optional support of ingress policing, you must enable kernel - configuration options NET_CLS_ACT, NET_CLS_U32, NET_SCH_INGRESS, - and NET_ACT_POLICE, either built-in or as modules. - (NET_CLS_POLICE is obsolete and not needed.) + configuration options NET_CLS_BASIC, NET_SCH_INGRESS, and + NET_ACT_POLICE, either built-in or as modules. (NET_CLS_POLICE is + obsolete and not needed.) If GRE tunneling is being used it is recommended that the kernel be compiled with IPv6 support (CONFIG_IPV6). This allows for @@ -117,15 +117,10 @@ following software: iproute2 (part of all major distributions and available at http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Iproute2). - - For debugging purposes, Open vSwitch expects that "tcpdump" is - installed as /usr/sbin/tcpdump. If tcpdump is not installed, or - if it is installed in a different location, then some Open - vSwitch log messages will not be as detailed. - You should ensure that /dev/urandom exists. To support TAP devices, you must also ensure that /dev/net/tun exists. -To run the ovsdmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following +To run the ovsdbmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following software: - Python 2.x, for x >= 4. @@ -171,7 +166,7 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build. To build the Linux kernel module, so that you can run the kernel-based switch, pass the location of the kernel build - directory on --with-l26. For example, to build for a running + directory on --with-linux. For example, to build for a running instance of Linux: % ./configure --with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build @@ -287,8 +282,7 @@ ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless): Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the same Unix domain socket: - % ovs-vswitchd unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \ - --pidfile --detach + % ovs-vswitchd --pidfile --detach Now you may use ovs-vsctl to set up bridges and other Open vSwitch features. For example, to create a bridge named br0 and add ports