[ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: Add entry on GRE module conflicts.

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Fri Jan 3 17:40:17 UTC 2014


On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:

>
> +A: On Linux kernels before 3.11, the OVS GRE module and Linux GRE module
> +   cannot be loaded at the same time. It is likely that on your system the
> +   Linux GRE module is already loaded and blocking OVS (to confirm, check
> +   dmesg for errors regarding GRE registration). To fix this, unload all
> +   GRE modules that appear in lsmod as well as the Open vSwitch kernel
> +   module. You can then reload the OVS module following the directions in
>

It's probably obvious that they're the same, but I would make both of the
final references to the OVS kernel module the same (eg, either "Open
vSwitch kernel module" or "OVS module").   I'd probably go with "OVS kernel
module", since it's relatively short and unambiguous.

Acked-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>

--Justin
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