[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] xenserver: Use xe-switch-network-stack in RPM spec file.

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Wed May 4 06:23:04 UTC 2011


The proper way to switch the networking back-end is to use the
"xe-switch-network-stack" command rather than directly modifying
"/etc/xensource/network.conf".  Use that method in the spec file.
---
 xenserver/openvswitch-xen.spec |   18 ++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xenserver/openvswitch-xen.spec b/xenserver/openvswitch-xen.spec
index b7b987e..89dfd77 100644
--- a/xenserver/openvswitch-xen.spec
+++ b/xenserver/openvswitch-xen.spec
@@ -226,12 +226,11 @@ done
 
 if [ "$1" = "1" ]; then    # $1 = 2 for upgrade
     # Configure system to use Open vSwitch
-    echo vswitch > /etc/xensource/network.conf
+    xe-switch-network-backend vswitch
 
-    printf "\nYou MUST reboot the server NOW to complete the change to\n"
-    printf "Open vSwitch.  Attempts to modify networking on the server\n"
-    printf "or any hosted VM will fail until after the reboot and could\n"
-    printf "leave the server in a state requiring manual recovery.\n\n"
+    printf "\nAttempts to modify networking on the server or any hosted\n"
+    printf "VM will fail until after the reboot and could leave the\n"
+    printf "server in a state requiring manual recovery.\n\n"
 else
 
     mode=$(cat /etc/xensource/network.conf)
@@ -311,12 +310,11 @@ if [ "$1" = "0" ]; then     # $1 = 1 for upgrade
     rmdir -p /usr/lib/openvswitch/xs-saved 2>/dev/null
 
     # Configure system to use bridge
-    echo bridge > /etc/xensource/network.conf
+    xe-switch-network-backend bridge
 
-    printf "\nYou MUST reboot the server now to complete the change to\n"
-    printf "standard Xen networking.  Attempts to modify networking on the\n"
-    printf "server or any hosted VM will fail until after the reboot and\n"
-    printf "could leave the server in a state requiring manual recovery.\n\n"
+    printf "\nAttempts to modify networking on the server or any hosted\n"
+    printf "VM will fail until after the reboot and could leave the\n"
+    printf "server in a state requiring manual recovery.\n\n"
 fi
 
 %files
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1.7.1




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