Now "make modules_install" works for me too, thanks. Jarno
On Jun 28, 2013, at 3:26 , ext Jesse Gross wrote: > The Open vSwitch kernel module now has dependencies on symbols > exported by other kernel modules (currently just for GRE). In > order for it to load, the dependencies must be correctly resolved > ahead of time. This runs depmod as part of the module installation > process and updates the installation instructions. > > Reported-by: Justin Pettit <jpet...@nicira.com> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> > --- > INSTALL | 13 ++++--------- > datapath/linux/Makefile.main.in | 1 + > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL > index 4749e30..0ff237c 100644 > --- a/INSTALL > +++ b/INSTALL > @@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to > build. > 6. Run "make install" to install the executables and manpages into the > running system, by default under /usr/local. > > -7. If you built kernel modules, you may load them with "insmod", e.g.: > +7. If you built kernel modules, you may install and load them, e.g.: > > - % insmod datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko > + % make modules_install > + % /sbin/modprobe openvswitch > > - You may need to specify a full path to insmod, e.g. /sbin/insmod. > To verify that the modules have been loaded, run "/sbin/lsmod" and > check that openvswitch is listed. > > - If the "insmod" operation fails, look at the last few kernel log > + If the "modprobe" operation fails, look at the last few kernel log > messages (e.g. with "dmesg | tail"): > > - The message "openvswitch: exports duplicate symbol > @@ -264,11 +264,6 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to > build. > you do not understand what this means or do not know if your driver > will work, do not set this. > > - Once you verify that the kernel modules load properly, you should > - install them: > - > - % make modules_install > - > 8. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.: > > % mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch > diff --git a/datapath/linux/Makefile.main.in b/datapath/linux/Makefile.main.in > index 2e445ac..88f144c 100644 > --- a/datapath/linux/Makefile.main.in > +++ b/datapath/linux/Makefile.main.in > @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ default: > > modules_install: > $(MAKE) -C $(KSRC) M=$(builddir) modules_install > + depmod `sed -n 's/#define UTS_RELEASE "\([^"]*\)"/\1/p' > $(KSRC)/include/generated/utsrelease.h` > endif > > # Much of the kernel build system in this file is derived from Intel's > -- > 1.8.1.2 > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
