Yes, you need to build the kernel module as described in INSTALL.Linux. The important part is the "--with-linux" option in the configure line. Make sure that points to your kernel sources.
--Justin On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:38 PM, evo evo wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am new to openvswitch, want to compile and install userspace vswitch, i am > using ubuntu/64bit AMD machine. > > I followed all the steps on INSTALL.Linux and INSTALL.Linux. > > * ovsdb-server is running smoothly. > * ovs-vswitchd is able to connect to ovsdb-server. > > but i see below error when i start ovs-vswitchd by "ovs-vswitchd --pidfile > --detach": > > 2012-04-08T19:12:25Z|00004|dpif_linux|ERR|Generic Netlink family > 'ovs_datapath' does not exist. The Open vSwitch kernel module is probably not > loaded. > 2012-04-08T19:12:25Z|00005|dpif|WARN|failed to enumerate system datapaths: No > such file or directory > > > 1) How do i resolve above error? > 2) Do i need to compile kernel module to resolve above error? > 3) One more thing, when i compile openvswitch i get all the binaries on > /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin but i don't see > any "datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko" being genrated, not sure if there is any > separate compilation for this. > > Any info will be very helpful for me. > > thanks, > > regards, > Evo. > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
