Hi Sharmila, ``ovs-vsctl add-br br5'' tells OVS to create a bridge that uses a “system” dpif, i.e. a datapath created by the OVS linux kernel module (not a userspace datapath, usable with DPDK devices).
The error in the log suggests that the OVS kernel module is not loaded. Daniele > On 17 Mar 2015, at 12:28, Radhakrishnan, Sharmila > <sharmila.radhakrish...@intel.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > I have built OVS with DPDK(v1.7.1) as mentioned in the Install > instructions. > > Iam able to add the bridge using command: > > ovs-vsctl add-br br2 -- set bridge br2 datapath_type=netdev > > However, when I ry to add the bridge like it is done in plain OVS, I get the > following error. > > [root@localhost ~]# ovs-vsctl add-br br5 > ovs-vsctl: Error detected while setting up 'br5'. See ovs-vswitchd log for > details. > > > This is the log: > > Mar 17 05:29:08 localhost ovs-vsctl: ovs|00001|vsctl|INFO|Called as ovs-vsctl > add-br br5 > Mar 17 05:29:08 localhost ovs-vswitchd: ovs|00077|dpif|WARN|failed to > enumerate system datapaths: No such file or directory > Mar 17 05:29:08 localhost ovs-vswitchd: ovs|00078|dpif|WARN|failed to create > datapath ovs-system: No such file or directory > Mar 17 05:29:08 localhost ovs-vswitchd: ovs|00079|ofproto_dpif|ERR|failed to > open datapath of type system: No such file or directory > > > Is this not allowed or is this an issue? > > > Thanks, > Sharmila > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__openvswitch.org_mailman_listinfo_discuss&d=AwIGaQ&c=Sqcl0Ez6M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=SmB5nZacmXNq0gKCC1s_Cw5yUNjxgD4v5kJqZ2uWLlE&m=4bY0xO_WeuVIcFPyodHDLjJeHAgFjRKZV-t4Qkm-ie8&s=Lum_JZ5i7q1XF-tpNfwIctasKbyHds4nEFPoYirArXg&e= _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
