From ff23db30f98a53d8f96c429a3441d6a678c731fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gurucharan Shetty Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:08:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL.Debian: Update instructions related to package ordering. If we install the userspace packages first, without a kernel module present in the correct path, we get an error because package install automatically tries to start the userspace daemons and we look for a kernel module to load. Installing a kernel module package first and then following it by userspace package sounds like the correct way to do it. This change in ordering helps my next commit. Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty --- INSTALL.Debian | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.Debian b/INSTALL.Debian index 62f4c196c..f7456c55f 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Debian +++ b/INSTALL.Debian @@ -72,12 +72,8 @@ packages. You must be superuser to install Debian packages. -1. Start by installing the "openvswitch-switch" and - "openvswitch-common" packages. These packages include the core - userspace components of the switch. - -2. Install an Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways to - do this. In order of increasing manual effort, these are: +1. Start by installing an Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways + to do this. In order of increasing manual effort, these are: * Use a Linux kernel 3.3 or later, which has an integrated Open vSwitch kernel module. @@ -113,6 +109,10 @@ You must be superuser to install Debian packages. * Build and install the kernel module by hand. +2. Install the "openvswitch-switch" and "openvswitch-common" packages. + These packages include the core userspace components of the switch. + + Open vSwitch .deb packages not mentioned above are rarely useful. Please refer to their individual package descriptions to find out whether any of them are useful to you. -- 2.43.0