Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel

2012-07-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
ev@openvswitch.org > Betreff: Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel > > Hmm. Andre, can you comment on whether you're using the kernel module that > came from the OVS distribution or the upstream kernel? If there's a bug, > we'll defini

Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel

2012-06-24 Thread André Ruß
- Von: Justin Pettit [mailto:jpet...@nicira.com] Gesendet: Montag, 25. Juni 2012 06:43 An: Ben Pfaff Cc: André Ruß; dev@openvswitch.org Betreff: Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel Hmm. Andre, can you comment on whether you're using the kernel module that came fro

Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel

2012-06-24 Thread Justin Pettit
Hmm. Andre, can you comment on whether you're using the kernel module that came from the OVS distribution or the upstream kernel? If there's a bug, we'll definitely look to fix it. However, we generally encourage people to avoid using bridge compatibility if they can avoid it. OVS support wa

Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel

2012-06-24 Thread Ben Pfaff
That was my first thought oo, but I don't see why there'd be brcompat messages in the kernel log if that was the case. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:46:05PM -0400, Justin Pettit wrote: > I assume you mean that you're trying to use the upstream kernel module. If > so, that won't work. From our rece

Re: [ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel

2012-06-24 Thread Justin Pettit
I assume you mean that you're trying to use the upstream kernel module. If so, that won't work. From our recently added FAQ: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Q: What features are not available in the Open vSwitch kernel datapath that ships as part of the upstream Linux kernel? A: The kernel module in upst

[ovs-dev] trying to use brcompat with the latest 3.4 kernel

2012-06-24 Thread André Ruß
Hi, I am trying to use the brcompatd in the latest 3.4 kernel with the latest git checkout (1.7.90). After starting the brcompatd the following line is posted every 5 seconds to the syslog: Jun 25 02:02:37 pod1-bl1 kernel: [ 2402.712848] brcompat: timed out waiting for userspace Jun 25 02:02: