[ovs-discuss] Compile ovs for Andriod

[kk yap]

Hi Ben,

> I doubt that it makes sense to run OVS on Android at all.  Do any
> Android devices have more than one Ethernet port?  Do any Android
> devices support virtualization?  If the answer to both is "no" then I
> don't know what OVS would be good for on Android.

It has more than 1 network port, that's for sure.  Most of these
device don't have an Ethernet port, but wireless ports are plenty.  We
are giving OVS a shot first.  If that fails, we might move on to
something else.  If you want to know more about the project, I am
happy to chat.

Regards
KK

On 26 January 2011 12:01, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:31:59AM -0800, Yongqiang Liu wrote:
>> checking whether the C compiler works... no
>> configure: error: in `/home/leo/android/kernel/openvswitch':
>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>> See `config.log' for more details.
>>
>> Attached please find my config.log.
>>
>> Does anyone has  ideas to solve the problem ?
>
> Your compiler doesn't work.  You need to find a compiler that does work.
>
> Here is the relevant part of config.log:
>
>    configure:3129: checking whether the C compiler works
>    configure:3151: /home/leo/android/kernel/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-gcc    conftest.c  >&5
>    /home/leo/android/kernel/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-eabi/4.4.0/../../../../arm-eabi/bin/ld: crt0.o: No such file: No such file or directory
>
>> And another question is for running ovs on android, which version of ovs is
>> best for this?
>
> I doubt that it makes sense to run OVS on Android at all.  Do any
> Android devices have more than one Ethernet port?  Do any Android
> devices support virtualization?  If the answer to both is "no" then I
> don't know what OVS would be good for on Android.
>
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