On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> I found when reconfiguring my kernel that if I turned on NET_IPGRE, GRE
> tunnels no longer worked.  (I might not understand this issue.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
> ---
>  INSTALL |    5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index bfd053b..8b2097f 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ install the following:
>        obsolete and not needed.)
>
>        To use GRE tunneling on Linux 2.6.37 or newer, kernel support
> -      for GRE must be compiled in or available as a module
> -      (CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_DEMUX).
> +      for GRE demultiplexing (CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_DEMUX) must be compiled
> +      in or available as a module.  GRE tunnels over IP (NET_IPGRE)
> +      must not be compiled in and must not be loaded as a module.

Hmm, I don't think that this statement is generally true (on at least
new kernels, OVS should be able to peacefully coexist with other
kernel components). What kernel version are you using?
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