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author | Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> | 2010-03-04 01:14:29 -0500 |
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committer | Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> | 2010-03-04 13:51:53 -0500 |
commit | e5334dadd6de39c4380f1e968801fb0a4f25108c (patch) | |
tree | 39bd9f9bfccee9469bbd4f8ca7a3babc866015bb /INSTALL.userspace | |
parent | 9f6fed50ff0cf1afe2264be8efb46202b5c2b424 (diff) |
Update userspace datapath documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.userspace')
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.userspace | 22 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.userspace b/INSTALL.userspace index 241d79cb..c13365a4 100644 --- a/INSTALL.userspace +++ b/INSTALL.userspace @@ -34,28 +34,30 @@ then create /dev/net (if necessary) with "mkdir /dev/net", then create Using the Userspace Datapath with ovs-vswitchd ---------------------------------------------- -To use ovs-vswitchd in userspace mode, give the bridge a name that -begins with "netdev:" in the configuration file. For example: +To use ovs-vswitchd in userspace mode, create a bridge with datapath_type +"netdev" in the configuration database. For example: - bridge.netdev:br0.port=eth0 - bridge.netdev:br0.port=eth1 - bridge.netdev:br0.port=eth2 + ovs-vsctl add-br br0 + ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth0 + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth1 + ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth2 ovs-vswitchd will create a TAP device as the bridge's local interface, -named the same as the bridge minus the "netdev:" prefix, as well as -for each configured internal interface. +named the same as the bridge, as well as for each configured internal +interface. Using the Userspace Datapath with ovs-openflowd ----------------------------------------------- To use ovs-openflowd in userspace mode, specify a datapath name that -begins with "netdev:", and specify --ports with the names of the ports +begins with "netdev@", and specify --ports with the names of the ports that should be included in the datapath as argument. For example: - ovs-openflowd netdev:br0 --ports=eth0,eth1,eth2 + ovs-openflowd netdev@br0 --ports=eth0,eth1,eth2 ovs-openflowd will create a TAP device as the bridge's local -interface, named the same as the bridge minus the "netdev:" prefix. +interface, named the same as the bridge minus the "netdev@" prefix. Bug Reporting ------------- |