[ovs-discuss] Openvswitch

[David Pendell]

If I try building it without the -D option, it won't build. If try building
it with the -D "kversion 3.12.11-201.fc19.x86_64" option it still doesn't
build, but it says that kernels newer than 3.11.x are not supported.


checking whether gcc accepts -Wno-unused-parameter... yes
checking target hint for cgcc... x86_64
checking whether make has GNU make $(if) extension... yes
checking for Linux build directory... no
configure: error: source dir /usr/src/kernels/3.12.11-201.fc19-x86_64
doesn't exist                  <------------
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.UfaF7J (%build)
[...]
RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.UfaF7J (%build)
[davidp at lostogre-desktop openvswitch-2.1.0]$ rpmbuild -bb
rhel/openvswitch-kmod-fedora.spec -D "kversion 3.12.11-201.fc19.x86_64"
<---------------------
Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.usjkpE
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/davidp/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ cd /home/davidp/rpmbuild/BUILD
[...]
checking whether make has GNU make $(if) extension... yes
checking for Linux build directory...
/lib/modules/3.12.11-201.fc19.x86_64/build
checking for Linux source directory...
/lib/modules/3.12.11-201.fc19.x86_64/build
checking for kernel version... 3.12.11
configure: error: Linux kernel in
/lib/modules/3.12.11-201.fc19.x86_64/build is version 3.12.11, but version
newer than 3.11.x is not supported     <------------------
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.qOc3P5 (%build)


RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.qOc3P5 (%build)



On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:32:06PM -0700, David Pendell wrote:
> > I was compiling from git branch-2.1 and it claims that it is not
> supported.
>
> I just successfully compiled from git branch-2.1 on Fedora 20.
>
> Also, I built the RPM packages using the steps described in
> file INSTALL.Fedora:
>
> [fleitner at t520 openvswitch]$ rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec
> Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.4SqaZE
> + umask 022
> + cd /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/BUILD
> + cd /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/BUILD
> + rm -rf openvswitch-2.1.0
> + /usr/bin/gzip -dc
> /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.1.0.tar.gz
> [...]
> Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files
> /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/openvswitch-2.1.0-1.fc20.x86_64
> Wrote:
> /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/openvswitch-2.1.0-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm
> Wrote:
>
> /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/openvswitch-debuginfo-2.1.0-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm
> Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.z4HB1E
> + umask 022
> + cd /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/BUILD
> + cd openvswitch-2.1.0
> + rm -rf
> /home/fleitner/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/openvswitch-2.1.0-1.fc20.x86_64
> + exit 0
> [fleitner at t520 openvswitch]$
>
> My current kernel:
> [fleitner at t520 openvswitch]$ uname -r
> 3.12.10-300.fc20.x86_64
>
> fbl
>
>
> >
> > d.p.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:38:55PM -0700, David Pendell wrote:
> > > > When is there going to be a version of openvswitch that will support
> > > Fedora
> > > > 19/20 or maybe more correctly, kernel version 3.12.*?
> > >
> > > Not sure what you are saying because there packages are available:
> > > $ cat /etc/fedora-release
> > > Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)
> > >
> > >
> > > $ yum info kernel.x86_64
> > > Name        : kernel
> > > Arch        : x86_64
> > > Version     : 3.12.8
> > > Release     : 300.fc20
> > > Size        : 131 M
> > > Repo        : installed
> > > From repo   : updates
> > > Summary     : The Linux kernel
> > > URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
> > > License     : GPLv2 and Redistributable, no modification permitted
> > > Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),
> > > the core of any
> > >             : Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic
> > > functions
> > >             : of the operating system: memory allocation, process
> > > allocation, device
> > >             : input and output, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > $ yum info openvswitch.x86_64
> > > Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> > > Installed Packages
> > > Name        : openvswitch
> > > Arch        : x86_64
> > > Version     : 2.0.0
> > > Release     : 4.fc20
> > > Size        : 6.3 M
> > > Repo        : installed
> > > From repo   : updates
> > > Summary     : Open vSwitch daemon/database/utilities
> > > URL         : http://openvswitch.org
> > > License     : ASL 2.0 and LGPLv2+ and SISSL
> > > Description : Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions
> > > and
> > >             : support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow
> > > control of
> > >             : traffic.
> > >
> > > fbl
> > >
> > >
>
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