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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2009-11-18 12:57:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2009-11-18 12:57:18 -0800 |
| commit | d377243b8557ae8e6c1d374d76b6ee29fd61ceb4 (patch) | |
| tree | 737b13cad74b452ba09b1f4f401f1afdae973d87 /INSTALL.Linux | |
| parent | 37c9895288d0f2f8517da4db0df17a004f1faa37 (diff) | |
Document userspace switch.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.Linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Linux | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 891fd230..7090ce67 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ you will need the following software: connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. To enable, configure with --enable-ssl=yes. -To compile the kernel module (which is required for operation), you -must also install the following: +To compile the kernel module, you must also install the following. If +you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may use the +userspace-only implementation, at a cost in performance. The +userspace implementation may also lack some features. Refer to +INSTALL.userspace for more information. - A supported Linux kernel version. Please refer to README for a list of supported versions. |