X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.userspace;h=6e6fcd49a78ab2d6d11af7635e54d39decb38c0f;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fbranch-1.5;hp=241d79cb24afd0ed8bb46a00f6b528fb44d69ac2;hpb=58fda1dab104041fc693032475ec4662c1a52849;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/INSTALL.userspace b/INSTALL.userspace index 241d79cb2..6e6fcd49a 100644 --- a/INSTALL.userspace +++ b/INSTALL.userspace @@ -34,28 +34,18 @@ then create /dev/net (if necessary) with "mkdir /dev/net", then create Using the Userspace Datapath with ovs-vswitchd ---------------------------------------------- -To use ovs-vswitchd in userspace mode, give the bridge a name that -begins with "netdev:" in the configuration file. For example: +To use ovs-vswitchd in userspace mode, create a bridge with datapath_type +"netdev" in the configuration database. For example: - bridge.netdev:br0.port=eth0 - bridge.netdev:br0.port=eth1 - bridge.netdev:br0.port=eth2 + ovs-vsctl add-br br0 + ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth0 + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth1 + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth2 ovs-vswitchd will create a TAP device as the bridge's local interface, -named the same as the bridge minus the "netdev:" prefix, as well as -for each configured internal interface. - -Using the Userspace Datapath with ovs-openflowd ------------------------------------------------ - -To use ovs-openflowd in userspace mode, specify a datapath name that -begins with "netdev:", and specify --ports with the names of the ports -that should be included in the datapath as argument. For example: - - ovs-openflowd netdev:br0 --ports=eth0,eth1,eth2 - -ovs-openflowd will create a TAP device as the bridge's local -interface, named the same as the bridge minus the "netdev:" prefix. +named the same as the bridge, as well as for each configured internal +interface. Bug Reporting -------------