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| author | Ralf Spenneberg <ralf@spenneberg.net> | 2012-10-02 14:31:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2012-10-10 09:28:39 -0700 |
| commit | d8fe0a6ac8e9a21917ba4faab9e2a376e2a1a9fc (patch) | |
| tree | 9711ccc222596d59329b26dc1ba460e8161f5478 /INSTALL.Fedora | |
| parent | 986390c3ab79ec7447240de539a673e3621c0bd8 (diff) | |
build: Add support for building RPMs for Fedora Linux
Add RPM specfiles for building OVS for Fedora Linux. This
allows users of the upstream project the ability to
generate RPMs for their Open vSwitch needs.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Spenneberg <ralf@spenneberg.net>
[kmestery@cisco.com made substantial changes including
writing documentation]
Signed-off-by: Kyle Mestery <kmestery@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.Fedora')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Fedora | 52 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Fedora b/INSTALL.Fedora new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d0231271 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL.Fedora @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ + How to Install Open vSwitch on Fedora Linux + =========================================== + +This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a Fedora +Linux host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on a generic Linux host, +see INSTALL.Linux instead. + +We have tested these instructions with Fedora 16 and Fedora 17. + +Building Open vSwitch for Fedora +-------------------------------- + +You may build from an Open vSwitch distribution tarball or from an +Open vSwitch Git tree. + +Before you begin, note the RPM source directory on your version of +Fedora. On Fedora 15, it is $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES. + +1. If you are building from an Open vSwitch Git tree, then you will + need to first create a distribution tarball by running "./boot.sh; + ./configure; make dist" in the Git tree. + +2. Copy the distribution tarball into the RPM source directory. + +3. Unpack the distribution tarball into a temporary directory and "cd" + into the root of the distribution tarball. + +4. To build Open vSwitch userspace, run: + + rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec + + This produces one RPM: "openvswitch". + +5. On Fedora 15, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, run: + + rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-kmod-fedora.spec + + You might have to specify a kernel version and/or variants, e.g.: + + rpmbuild -bb \ + -D "kversion 2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64" \ + -D "kflavors default debug kdump" \ + rhel/openvswitch-kmod-rhel6.spec + + This produces an "kmod-openvswitch" RPM for each kernel variant, + in this example: "kmod-openvswitch", "kmod-openvswitch-debug", and + "kmod-openvswitch-kdump". + +Reporting Bugs +-------------- + +Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org. |