On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > It used to be essentially required, but now it's reasonable to use the > kernel's builtin module. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> > --- > INSTALL | 14 +++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL > index 9f9491f..cc89cc3 100644 > --- a/INSTALL > +++ b/INSTALL > @@ -36,11 +36,15 @@ you will need the following software: > > - Python 2.x, for x >= 4. > > -To compile the kernel module on Linux, you must also install the > -following. If you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may > -use the userspace-only implementation, at a cost in performance. The > -userspace implementation may also lack some features. Refer to > -INSTALL.userspace for more information. > +On Linux, you may choose to compile the kernel module that comes with > +the Open vSwitch distribution or to use the kernel module built into > +the Linux kernel (version 3.3 or later). See the FAQ question "What > +features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath that > +ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel?" for more information on > +this trade-off. You may also use the userspace-only implementation, > +at some cost in features and performance (see INSTALL.userspace for > +details). To compile the kernel module on Linux, you must also > +install the following: Looks good to me.
(Different kernel versions after 3.3 adds/lacks a few features. But this is probably not the right place to list all of that.) > > - A supported Linux kernel version. Please refer to README for a > list of supported versions. > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
