| Message ID | 1474899214-25488-1-git-send-email-guru@ovn.org |
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| State | Superseded |
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On 26 September 2016 at 07:13, Gurucharan Shetty <guru@ovn.org> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <guru@ovn.org> > --- > INSTALL.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md > index bb40e4a..a9b70db 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.md > +++ b/INSTALL.md > @@ -322,9 +322,29 @@ Building the Sources > 4. Run "make install" to install the executables and manpages into the > running system, by default under /usr/local. > > -5. If you built kernel modules, you may install and load them, e.g.: > +5. If you built kernel modules, you may install them, e.g.: > > `% make modules_install` > + > + It is possible that you already had a Open vSwitch kernel module > + installed on your machine that came from upstream Linux (in a > + different directory). To make sure that you insert the Open vSwitch > + kernel module you built from this repository, you should create a > + depmod.d file that prefers your newly installed kernel modules over > + the kernel modules from upstream Linux. The following snippet of > + code achieves the same. > + > + ``` > + % config_file="/etc/depmod.d/openvswitch.conf" > + % for module in datapath/linux/*.ko; do > + modname="$(basename ${module})" > + echo "override $modname * extra" >> "$config_file" > + echo "override $modname * weak-updates" >> "$config_file" > + done > + ``` Don't forget to "depmod" after writing this file.
> > > Don't forget to "depmod" after writing this file. > How about the v2?
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index bb40e4a..a9b70db 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -322,9 +322,29 @@ Building the Sources 4. Run "make install" to install the executables and manpages into the running system, by default under /usr/local. -5. If you built kernel modules, you may install and load them, e.g.: +5. If you built kernel modules, you may install them, e.g.: `% make modules_install` + + It is possible that you already had a Open vSwitch kernel module + installed on your machine that came from upstream Linux (in a + different directory). To make sure that you insert the Open vSwitch + kernel module you built from this repository, you should create a + depmod.d file that prefers your newly installed kernel modules over + the kernel modules from upstream Linux. The following snippet of + code achieves the same. + + ``` + % config_file="/etc/depmod.d/openvswitch.conf" + % for module in datapath/linux/*.ko; do + modname="$(basename ${module})" + echo "override $modname * extra" >> "$config_file" + echo "override $modname * weak-updates" >> "$config_file" + done + ``` + + Finally, load the kernel modules that you need. e.g.: + `% /sbin/modprobe openvswitch` To verify that the modules have been loaded, run "/sbin/lsmod" and
Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <guru@ovn.org> --- INSTALL.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)