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- (NET_CLS_POLICE is obsolete and not needed.)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
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.
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
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