[ovs-discuss] Adding new ovs-vsctl command

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Mon Mar 21 18:20:18 UTC 2016


This isn't really the place to do basic programming tutorials.  I
suggest asking a coworker.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 05:38:35PM +0000, Rajasekaran, Monica wrote:
> How do I recompile ovs after every time I make a change in the source code ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Monica 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:blp at ovn.org] 
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:09 AM
> To: Rajasekaran, Monica <Monica.Rajasekaran at us.fujitsu.com>
> Cc: discuss at openvswitch.org
> Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Adding new ovs-vsctl command
> 
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 03:23:21PM +0000, Rajasekaran, Monica wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to add a new vsctl command. Let's say it will be invoked 
> > with "ovs-vsctl usermod",
> > 
> > I added it to struct ctl_command_syntax as follows:
> >                {"usermod", 0, 0, "", NULL, cmd_usermod, NULL, "", RW},
> > 
> > And, I defined a function cmd_usermod that just logs to file for now.
> > 
> > But, when I give the command, I still get "ovs-vsctl: unknown command 'usermod'; use -help for help"
> > 
> > Any idea if I am missing something ?
> 
> I'm not sure you're running the recompiled version.  I made a similar change and it worked fine.



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