On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Todd Deshane <desha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Waqas Daar <waqasd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I read the INSTALL.LINUX file, and found that I can install openvswitch with >> Linux kernel header module. I dont understand in which scenario this options >> '--with-126=/path/to/linux/header/files' would be used. > > From what I have read most want Open vSwitch as a kernel module. I > don't actually know the details of the reasons of why you would want > to have it in userspace.
The userspace version is really just for quick and easy experimentation in situations where installing a kernel module is difficult or impossible. Most users will want the kernel module. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
