* Get the Open vSwitch sources from either cloning the repo using git
or from a distribution tar ball.
-* Run ./boot.sh; ./configure CC=./build-aux/cccl; make
-(cccl is a wrapper script that provides the right options to Visual c++
-'cl' compiler.)
+* If you pulled the sources directly from an Open vSwitch Git tree,
+ run boot.sh in the top source directory:
+
+ % ./boot.sh
+
+* In the top source directory, configure the package by running the
+ configure script. You should provide some configure options to choose
+ the right compiler, linker, libraries, Open vSwitch component installation
+ directories, etc. For example,
+
+ % ./configure CC=./build-aux/cccl LD="`which link`" LIBS="-lws2_32 ..." \
+ --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" \
+ --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc"
+
+* Run make for the ported executables in the top source directory, e.g.:
+
+ % make utilities/ovs-vsctl.exe ovsdb/ovsdb-server.exe