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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-08-20 11:26:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-08-26 13:51:38 -0700 |
| commit | f272ec7373a11a5917c9f3aca56969a48eec2f96 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f9b8f0af3620d2aa4103dd59d0fbd1e2ee865b6 /INSTALL.Linux | |
| parent | 2105ccc8503374c12b1d5e4cd6d4b23eb89d4d02 (diff) | |
configure: Enable OpenSSL support by default.
Years ago some users had broken OpenSSL libraries that didn't actually
work, so we disabled OpenSSL by default. By now, I hope that those users
have fixed their systems.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.Linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Linux | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 3088f8cb..3ae67d04 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ you will need the following software: - libssl, from OpenSSL, is optional but recommended if you plan to connect the Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. libssl is required to establish confidentiality and authenticity in the - connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. To - enable, configure with --enable-ssl=yes. + connections from an Open vSwitch to an OpenFlow controller. If + libssl is installed, then Open vSwitch will automatically build + with support for it. To compile the kernel module, you must also install the following. If you cannot build or install the kernel module, you may use the |