[ovs-discuss] Compile ovs for Andriod

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:50:37PM -0800, Yongqiang Liu wrote:
> one is openvswitch_mod kernel module, which works with bridge and forwards
> the packets according to the forwarding table entries.
> another is some user-space applications such as tools used to add/del
> interfaces to the kernel module, add/del forwarding entries.

Correct.

> The cost means what is the minimal set of user-space applications that i can
> use to control the kernel module.

OK.

> After knowing this, i may try to cross compile these applications to run
> them on andriod. I think the whole source code of OVS maybe an overkill to
> the andriod platform since some libraries may not be supported.

I think that, at a minimum for testing, you would need ovs-dpctl and
ovs-openflowd.