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Mention that /dev/urandom is needed.
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Ben Pfaff
<blp@nicira.com>
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:52 +0000
(10:35 -0700)
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Ben Pfaff
<blp@nicira.com>
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:52:11 +0000
(10:52 -0700)
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diff --git
a/INSTALL.Linux
b/INSTALL.Linux
index c3cf2f84d12733885a6915f5e64edeaeba0ecff4..014e3ac09cba5e0f005ec7b1b8799931e3d04183 100644
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INSTALL.Linux
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INSTALL.Linux
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following software:
if it is installed in a different location, then some Open
vSwitch log messages will not be as detailed.
if it is installed in a different location, then some Open
vSwitch log messages will not be as detailed.
+You should ensure that /dev/urandom exists.
+
To run the ovsdmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following
software:
To run the ovsdmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following
software:
diff --git
a/PORTING
b/PORTING
index c9c53693826dd37c0717b022c22cc69f744c082c..3b3e150523db3b5fe200d01f23019b0a58a5f0fd 100644
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PORTING
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PORTING
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during a port:
vSwitch datapath module for the Linux kernel. They may serve as
a model for minimal netdev implementations.
vSwitch datapath module for the Linux kernel. They may serve as
a model for minimal netdev implementations.
+Miscellaneous Notes
+-------------------
+
+lib/uuid.c, used in OVSDB, assumes that it can obtain a high-quality
+random number seed at startup by reading from /dev/urandom. You may
+need to modify it if this is not true on your platform.
+
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