Cool! I'll give it a try and I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks Luca > Il giorno 13 apr 2016, alle ore 17:03, Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> ha scritto: > >> On 13 April 2016 at 13:53, Luca Prete <l...@onlab.us> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm trying to install the latest version of OVS (2.5.0) >> >> I'm getting some errors when trying to install the kernel module, either >> when compiling from src or when I create and then install the deb >> (specifically in this last case the error happens when I do sudo dpkg -i >> sudo dpkg -i openvswitch-datapath-dkms_2.5.0-1_all.deb) >> >> The error I get is the following: >> make -C /lib/modules/3.16.0-70-generic/build >> M=/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux modules >> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-70-generic' >> CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.o >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c: In function >> ‘ovs_fragment’: >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: >> warning: passing argument 1 of ‘v6ops->fragment’ from incompatible pointer >> type [enabled by default] >> v6ops->fragment(skb->sk, skb, ovs_vport_output); >> ^ >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: note: >> expected ‘struct sk_buff *’ but argument is of type ‘struct sock *’ >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: >> warning: passing argument 2 of ‘v6ops->fragment’ from incompatible pointer >> type [enabled by default] >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: note: >> expected ‘int (*)(struct sk_buff *)’ but argument is of type ‘struct sk_buff >> *’ >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: error: >> too many arguments to function ‘v6ops->fragment’ >> make[2]: *** >> [/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.o] Error 1 >> make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux] >> Error 2 >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-70-generic' >> make: *** [default] Error 2 >> make: Leaving directory >> `/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux' >> >> I'm running the following version of Ubuntu: >> ubuntu:~/ovs$ sudo lsb_release -a >> No LSB modules are available. >> Distributor ID: Ubuntu >> Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS >> Release: 14.04 >> Codename: trusty >> >> with the following kernel: >> ubuntu:~/ovs$ sudo uname -a >> Linux i2-mn-ubuntu 3.16.0-70-generic #90~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 6 >> 22:56:34 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Hi Luca, > > It looks like Ubuntu backported a custom fix into some of their newer > kernels, leading to this build breakage in conjunction with OVS-2.5.0 > dkms. I didn't see a problem with some 3.16.0-5x versions. If it's > viable, you can just use the openvswitch module that comes with the > Ubuntu kernel. > > Alternatively to fix it, you'll need to apply this patch to your tree > (picking up branch-2.5 on github should also fix the issue): > https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/a35342879f1a7d8b1503d4945bd0791c58f5fc87 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
