On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 01:17:39PM -0400, jinho hwang wrote: > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:37:49AM -0400, jinho hwang wrote: > > > I am new to ovs. I am trying to set up userspace switch using > > > INSTALL.userspace. There are many commands to add bridge and interfaces > > > using ovs-vsctl, but ovs-vsctl does not return (infinite loop). How do I > > > have to run these commands? Just ctrl-c is ok? I may not have a good > > > understanding of the system yet. If you can refer me to any good > > > documentation related to this, it would be appreciated as well. > > > > Is ovs-vswitchd running? > > > > Thanks, Ben. > > I have figured out how the system works now. I thought ovs-vsctl does not > return to the user, but it was controlled by ovs-vswtichd that signals to > close. Like you said, my fault was that I did not run ovs-vswitchd > properly. > > A couple of more questions if you can provide some more information: > > 1. Logging: > ovs-aptctl shows all INFO in file column, but I can not find any file > logging messages. Not in /var/log and in /usr/local/var/log/ > Is there any global knob I should control?
Use --log-file, see the manpage for details. > 2. Userspace datapath: > - Does this mean netdev is used by datapath? Yes. > - If so, how can I query stat information of datapath? Is there even one to > query? I want to see something like "ovs-dpctl show br0", if there is one. You can use "ovs-appctl dpif/show". > - What are the limitations if I use userspace datapath? I know performance > can not be good, and some functionalities (tunneling) may not work. Right? Yes. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
