[ovs-discuss] Need suggestion regarding OpenvSwitch

[Todd Deshane]

Hi Waqas,

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Waqas Daar <waqasdaar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Todd,
> I highly appreciate for your prompt and detailed reply. One thing I want to
> ask is it possible that I can alter the controller's code
> afterwards. Because I want to isolate the control and data plane of the
> quagga software using Openflow.


I don't have enough knowledge here to say for sure. I don't know if I
understand what you are trying to do. Others on the list will probably
have better answers.


> I read the INSTALL.LINUX file, and found that I can install openvswitch with
> Linux kernel header module. I dont understand in which scenario this options
> '--with-126=/path/to/linux/header/files' would be used.

>From what I have read most want Open vSwitch as a kernel module. I
don't actually know the details of the reasons of why you would want
to have it in userspace. The various man pages and documentation on
the Open vSwitch website could give you some more insight.

I use:
--with-l26=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

On debian-based systems just make sure you have the linux-headers
package for your kernel installed

Hope that helps.

Todd