kernel bridge module.
1. Build, install, and start up the Open vSwitch kernel modules and
- userspace programs as described in INSTALL.Linux.
+ userspace programs as described in INSTALL.
It is important to run "make install", because some Open vSwitch
programs expect to find files in locations selected at installation
2. Load the brcompat kernel module (which was built in step 1), e.g.:
- % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/brcompat_mod.ko
+ % insmod datapath/linux/brcompat.ko
- (openvswitch_mod.ko should already have been loaded.)
+ (openvswitch.ko should already have been loaded.)
3. Start ovs-brcompatd:
- % ovs-brcompatd --pidfile --detach -vANY:console:EMER \
- unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
+ % ovs-brcompatd --pidfile --detach
(ovsdb-server and ovs-vswitchd should already have been loaded.)