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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-06-21 13:00:22 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2011-06-21 13:01:13 -0700
commitc434706a374bd44d1274e7bdbee40067a6620b61 (patch)
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parente5b6e3ae0aa0f2bc9d7b5268822613bc228de3ac (diff)
Add RHEL 5/6 spec files and instructions.
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@@ -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.