You're right. I pushed out a fix.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 02:51:44AM +0000, Lee, Jeongkeun wrote: > Ben, > > Thanks for the quick answers. > I think INSTALL.bridge also needs to be fixed to use /usr/local. > > thanks, > JK > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:44 PM > > To: Lee, Jeongkeun > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] brcompatd: "could not find valid configuration > > to update" error > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 09:27:46PM +0000, Lee, Jeongkeun wrote: > > > Today, I downloaded the latest snapshot from git and followed the > > > instructions of INSTALL.bridge and INSTALL.Linux to use ovs as a > > > replacement of Linux bridge. OVS version is 0.99.2 and kernel is > > > 2.6.26-2-amd64 on Debian lenny 5.03. > > > > > > Below are the commands that I ran after 'make install' > > > completed. ovsdb-server, ovs-vswitchd, and ovs-brcompatd were called > > > in separate shells to see the messages. > > > > > > % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko > > > % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/brcompat_mod.ko > > > % ovsdb-tool create /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db > > vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema > > > % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb- > > server > > > % ovs-vswitchd -vANY:console:WARN unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > > > % ovs-brcompatd -vANY:console:WARN unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > > > > > > ovsdb-server shows messages saying ovs-vswitchd and ovs-brcompatd are > > connected > > > and ovs-brcompatd complains > > > database does not contain any Open vSwitch configuration > > > when it gets started. > > > > Thanks for reporting this problem. > > > > You're right, there's a missing step here. I'm going to add this > > paragraph to INSTALL.Linux: > > > > Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only > > necessary the first time after you create the database with > > ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless): > > > > % ovs-vsctl init > > > > after starting ovsdb-server and before starting ovs-vswitchd. > > > > > Btw, ovs-vsctl connects to /usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server by default > > > instead of /var/run/ovsdb-server. Either ovs-vsctl or the INSTALL > > > instruction needs to be revised to remove the discrepancy. > > > > You are right again, of course. The documentation is inconsistent here. > > It assumes / in some places and /usr/local in others. I will also push > > out this fix: > > > > diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux > > index 31bc3e0..263e261 100644 > > --- a/INSTALL.Linux > > +++ b/INSTALL.Linux > > @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below > > to build. > > > > 7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.: > > > > - % ovsdb-tool create /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db > > vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema > > + % ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db > > vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema > > > > Startup > > ======= > > @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ configuration database, ovsdb-server. Configure > > it to use the > > database you created during step 7 of installation, above, and to > > listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.: > > > > - % ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db -- > > remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > > + % ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db -- > > remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server > > > > Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only > > necessary the first time after you create the database with > > @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is > > harmless): > > Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to > > the > > same Unix domain socket: > > > > - % ovs-vswitchd unix:/var/run/ovsdb-server > > + % ovs-vswitchd unix:/usr/local/var/run/ovsdb-server > > > > Now you may use ovs-vsctl to set up bridges and other Open vSwitch > > features. For example, to create a bridge named br0 and add ports > > > > INSTALL.Linux does explain how to change the default: > > > > By default all files are installed under /usr/local. If you want > > to install into, e.g., /usr and /var instead of /usr/local and > > /usr/local/var, add options as shown here: > > > > % ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
