[ovs-discuss] Fwd: nova/openvswitch

Ramana Reddy gtvrreddy at gmail.com
Sun Jun 5 09:02:47 UTC 2011


First unload the linux bridge module  with rmmod bridge.
and then load openvswitch_mod.ko. I hope now it should work.

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:

> Why don't you only run Open vSwitch and rmmod the bridge module?
>
> (And again, please respond on-list.)
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On Jun 5, 2011, at 1:38 AM, manel med wrote:
>
> > ok,if  brcompat_mod is loaded what should i do and how please, i can't
> kill it!
> >
> > 2011/6/5 Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>
> > [Once again, let's keep this on the mailing list.]
> >
> > Are you running OVS in bridge compatibility mode?  (Specifically, is the
> brcompat_mod kernel module loaded?)   If it is, I imagine that things could
> get very confused about which networking "bridge" should be receiving
> commands.
> >
> > Generally, if you're running OVS, you shouldn't need to be running the
> bridge.
> >
> > --Justin
> >
> >
> > On Jun 5, 2011, at 1:05 AM, manel med wrote:
> >
> > > I patch the kernel to allow both to run at the same time, I use 2.6.36.
> > >
> > >  lsmod | grep bridge
> > >  bridge    70361  0
> > > stp            1603   2 grap,bridge
> > >
> > > manel
> > >
> > >
> > > 2011/6/5 Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>
> > > [Let's keep this on the list.]
> > >
> > > On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:31 PM, manel med wrote:
> > >
> > > > I know that it's appear in "brctl show"and in "ovs-vsctl list bridge"
> and not in "ovs-vsctl list bridge" but i don't know why.
> > > > i run
> > > > insmod datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko (how may time should i
> run it?)
> > >
> > > You should run it only once.  My question was whether the bridge module
> was installed, too:
> > >
> > >        lsmod | grep bridge
> > >
> > > OVS will normally complain about this, but some later versions of the
> kernel allow both to run at the same time, and I'm not sure how OVS handles
> that situation.
> > >
> > > > i use openvswitch-1.1.0.
> > >
> > > I don't know that it will fix your particular problem, but 1.1.1 is
> out.  Please try that.
> > >
> > > --Justin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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