[ovs-discuss] Replace in-kernel module with tarball version

[Jesse Gross]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Michael A. Collins
<mike.a.collins at ark-net.org> wrote:
> I recently tried unsuccessfully to compile the kernel version of the 1.6.1
> tarball release on a box with kernel 3.3.  I recieved a redefinition error
> in vlan.h, which I can only guess means that there is no good way to get
> around patching the openvswitch kernel code in the kernel, or try removing
> it by comparing 3.3 to 3.2 and hope that I get it all cleaned up.  I tried
> this because the 3.3 kernel module doesn't support tunneling and I would
> like to test that out...  Has anyone been able to build a tarball kernel
> module against 3.3, and if so how?  Thanks

1.6.1 doesn't support Linux 3.3.  You'll need to use the 1.7 release
branch or master from git.

What distribution is this happening on?  It should have given a
message explaining that it is not supported instead of just a bunch of
compiler errors.