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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2012-12-04 07:39:59 -0800
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2012-12-04 07:41:20 -0800
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INSTALL.Debian: New instructions for installing on Debian.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
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@@ -88,26 +88,27 @@ Open vSwitch also provides some tools:
What other documentation is available?
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-To install Open vSwitch on a regular Linux machine, read INSTALL.
+To install Open vSwitch on a regular Linux or FreeBSD host, please
+read INSTALL. For specifics around installation on a specific
+platform, please see one of these files:
-For answers to common questions, read FAQ.
+ - INSTALL.Debian
+ - INSTALL.Fedora
+ - INSTALL.RHEL
+ - INSTALL.XenServer
-To use Open vSwitch as a drop-in replacement for the Linux bridge,
-read INSTALL.bridge.
+To use Open vSwitch...
-To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
-or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
+ - ...with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL, read INSTALL.KVM.
-To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Red Hat Enterprise
-Linux host, read INSTALL.RHEL.
+ - ...with Libvirt, read INSTALL.Libvirt.
-To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL, then
-INSTALL.KVM.
+ - ...as a drop-in replacement for the Linux bridge, read
+ INSTALL.bridge.
-To use Open vSwitch with Libvirt, read INSTALL.Libvirt.
+ - ...without using a kernel module, read INSTALL.userspace.
-To install Open vSwitch without using a kernel module, read
-INSTALL.userspace.
+For answers to common questions, read FAQ.
To learn how to set up SSL support for Open vSwitch, read INSTALL.SSL.