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author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2011-06-21 13:00:22 -0700 |
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committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2011-06-21 13:01:13 -0700 |
commit | c434706a374bd44d1274e7bdbee40067a6620b61 (patch) | |
tree | c01fa12d0e60306c22bd51d089e3313a4f6961bb /README | |
parent | e5b6e3ae0aa0f2bc9d7b5268822613bc228de3ac (diff) |
Add RHEL 5/6 spec files and instructions.
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-rw-r--r-- | README | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ vSwitch supports the following features: The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with testing focused on 2.6.32 with Centos and Xen patches. Open vSwitch -also has special support for Citrix XenServer hosts. +also has special support for Citrix XenServer and Red Hat Enterprise +Linux hosts. Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in userspace, without assistance from a kernel module. This userspace @@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ The main components of this distribution are: * ovs-dpctl, a tool for configuring the switch kernel module. - * Scripts and specs for building RPMs that allow Open vSwitch - to be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in - replacement for its switch, with additional functionality. + * Scripts and specs for building RPMs for Citrix XenServer and Red + Hat Enterprise Linux. The XenServer RPMs allow Open vSwitch to + be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in replacement + for its switch, with additional functionality. * ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration of ovs-vswitchd. @@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ read INSTALL.bridge. To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer. +To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Red Hat Enterprise +Linux host, read INSTALL.RHEL. + To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then INSTALL.KVM. |