[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] INSTALL.Linux: Note the need for CONFIG_TUN to use TAP devices.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Jun 11 17:40:24 UTC 2010


---
 INSTALL.Linux |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index 014e3ac..027161a 100644
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ INSTALL.userspace for more information.
       be compiled with IPv6 support (CONFIG_IPV6).  This allows for
       special handling (such as path MTU discovery) of IPv6 packets.
 
+      To use Open vSwitch support for TAP devices, you must enable
+      CONFIG_TUN.
+
     - To build a kernel module, you need the same version of GCC that
       was used to build that kernel.
 
-- 
1.7.1





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