netdev implementation for FreeBSD

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / INSTALL.userspace

diff --git a/INSTALL.userspace b/INSTALL.userspace
index 10511b1..296f077 100644 (file)
--- 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
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