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1) When I tried to add a port in ovs-version 2.8.1 via "ovs-vsctl add-port br0 port1" command, the following error hint occurred. </div>
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"<span>ovs-vsctl: Error detected while setting up 'poas': could not open network device poas (No such device). See ovs-vswitchd log for details.<br>
</span><span>ovs-vsctl: The default log directory is "/usr/local/ovs/var/log/openvswitch"."</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">2) While the same command works well in ovs version2.0.0.</span><br>
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<span>3) I googled and there is a answer saying that before adding a port into ovs, the port must be seen via "ifconfig -a" which mean it must exist before being added into ovs.</span></div>
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Is the answer 3) is right? If yes, this is a behavior change from 2.0.0.? If 3) is not the right answer, how I could fix this?</div>
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Thanks.</div>
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Pei</div>
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