[ovs-discuss] VxLAN kernel module.

[Pravin Shelar]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Sudipto Biswas
<sbiswas7 at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a very small query. I am using OVS 2.3.1 and i have built the kernel
> module etc following the instructions in the INSTALL file.
>
> I was also, able to create vxlan ports and communicate across two VMs on two
> different machines using VxLAN tunnels.
>
> However, if i do a lsmod on my machine, it doesn't list the vxlan kernel
> module.
>
> lsmod | grep openvswitch
> openvswitch           123112  0
> gre                     5383  1 openvswitch
> libcrc32c               1922  1 openvswitch
>
> Now i am beginning to think, if i should see the vxlan module there as well?
> If yes, then i wonder how my setup is working? :-)
>
You might be using older kernel in that  case OVS uses its own VXLAN
code. Can you tell us kernel version?

> Appreciate your help!
>
> Thanks.
> Sudipto
>
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