On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:46:51AM -0800, Gurucharan Shetty wrote: > 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.)
Yes, I asked Jesse once whether we should list those in the FAQ, but he thought that it was too difficult. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
