Hi Joe, > The 'INSTALL.Debian' and 'debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian' files in the top of the openvswitch tarball provide more detailed instructions for how to install it.
Mininet team seems to have done a great job of incorporating the installation of OVS into Mininet install script. $ mininet/util/install.sh -V 2.1.2 ... ... At the end of the installation, the tail of '/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.1.2/build/make.log' looks like this: checking whether gcc accepts -Wmissing-field-initializers... yes checking whether gcc accepts -Wthread-safety... no checking whether gcc accepts -Wno-unused... yes checking whether gcc accepts -Wno-unused-parameter... yes checking target hint for cgcc... x86_64 checking whether make has GNU make $(if) extension... yes checking for Linux build directory... /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/build checking for Linux source directory... /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/build checking for kernel version... 3.13.9 configure: error: Linux kernel in /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/build is version 3.13.9, but version newer than 3.11.x is not supported Question 1: ========= Is this a known feature of the installation of Open vSwitch or something introduced by Mininet installation? In spite of the error 'version newer than 3.11.x is not supported': $ ovs-vsctl --version ovs-vsctl (Open vSwitch) 2.1.2 Compiled May 3 2014 16:10:21 $ ovs-appctl --version ovs-appctl (Open vSwitch) 2.1.2 Compiled May 3 2014 16:10:19 $ ovs-dpctl --version ovs-dpctl (Open vSwitch) 2.1.2 Compiled May 3 2014 16:10:20 $ ovs-ofctl --version ovs-ofctl (Open vSwitch) 2.1.2 Compiled May 3 2014 16:10:20 OpenFlow versions 0x1:0x4 $ ovs-pki --version ovs-pki (Open vSwitch) 2.1.2 $ ovs-vswitchd --version ovs-vswitchd (Open vSwitch) 2.1.2 Compiled May 3 2014 16:10:31 OpenFlow versions 0x1:0x1 $ ovs-controller --version The program 'ovs-controller' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install openvswitch-controller Question 2: ======== Is it correct that 'ovs-controller' installation was blocked because of the error 'version newer than 3.11.x is not supported' How would that error affect the other components of OVS that have 'successfully' been installed? The release notes for v2.0.0 at http://openvswitch.org/releases/NEWS-2.0.0 ... - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.10 ... However, OVS 2.0.1 that comes with Ubuntu 14.04 seems to support Linux kernel version 3.13.9. The announcement for v2.1.0 at http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2014-March/000061.html: ... * Support for Linux kernels up to 3.11 Question 3: ======== Should OVS 2.1.2 be able to work with Ubuntu 14.04 (with Linux kernel version 3.13.9)? If yes, how can the error 'version newer than 3.11.x is not supported' be avoided? Thank you for your help. Best regards, PhiHo On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Joe Stringer <joestrin...@nicira.com>wrote: > Unless you have a specific reason to use a newer version, it is much > easier to use the version that comes with your distribution. > > The 'INSTALL.Debian' and 'debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian' files > in the top of the openvswitch tarball provide more detailed instructions > for how to install it. > > > On 5 May 2014 15:46, Phiho Hoang <hohoang...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Joe, >> >> > You can use the kernel module that comes with Ubuntu 14.04. >> >> I tried: >> >> $ sudo apt-get install openvswitch-switch >> ... >> .. >> $ sudo apt-get install openvswitch-controller >> ... >> >> and got: >> >> $ ovs-vsctl --version >> ovs-vsctl (Open vSwitch) 2.0.1 >> Compiled Feb 23 2014 14:42:32 >> >> $ ovs-controller --version >> ovs-controller (Open vSwitch) 2.0.1 >> Compiled Feb 23 2014 14:42:32 >> OpenFlow versions 0x1:0x4 >> >> How can I install 'Open vSwitch 2.1.2' (instead of version 2.0.1) for >> Ubuntu 14.04 >> >> Best regards, >> >> PhiHo >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Joe Stringer <joestrin...@nicira.com>wrote: >> >>> On 4 May 2014 08:28, Phiho Hoang <hohoang...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Thank you for releasing Open vSwitch 2.1.2. >>>> Does it support Ubuntu 14.04? >>>> >>> >>> You can use the kernel module that comes with Ubuntu 14.04. >>> >>> >> >> >
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