X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.userspace;fp=INSTALL.userspace;h=296f0771c6f4cf3adaa3ab5d5fc35951c5788a61;hb=f6eb6b202533ad393b8d1d8e6ae6e502cbf19caf;hp=10511b1653912bd1539c9db40c9433f04dd7e7e2;hpb=22dd5cecefe4452900f5e0df82bf63a849004589;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/INSTALL.userspace b/INSTALL.userspace index 10511b165..296f0771c 100644 --- a/INSTALL.userspace +++ b/INSTALL.userspace @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Building and Installing ----------------------- The requirements and procedure for building, installing, and -configuring Open vSwitch are the same as those given in INSTALL.Linux. +configuring Open vSwitch are the same as those given in INSTALL. You may omit configuring, building, and installing the kernel module, and the related requirements. @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ The tun device must also exist as /dev/net/tun. If it does not exist, then create /dev/net (if necessary) with "mkdir /dev/net", then create /dev/net/tun with "mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200". +On FreeBSD, the userspace switch additionally requires the kernel +tap(4) driver to be available, either built into the kernel or loaded +as a module. + Using the Userspace Datapath with ovs-vswitchd ----------------------------------------------