When userspace tries to create datapaths and the module is not loaded, it will simply fail. With this patch, the module will be automatically loaded.
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <casca...@redhat.com> --- net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c index 524c0fd..0536ab3 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c @@ -2437,3 +2437,7 @@ module_exit(dp_cleanup); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Open vSwitch switching datapath"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(OVS_DATAPATH_FAMILY); +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(OVS_VPORT_FAMILY); +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(OVS_FLOW_FAMILY); +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(OVS_PACKET_FAMILY); -- 2.7.4