Hello World once again, On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Valentin Bud <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello World again, > > Inline response follows. > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Valentin Bud <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello World, >> >> Since this is my first post on this list I'd like to start it by thanking >> you for all the hard work you've put in this useful and beautiful >> technology. >> >> I have just installed openvswitch 1.8 from source on a Debian Squeeze >> 6.0.5. I have followed the well documented >> procedure available in INSTALL.Linux. Everything worked like a charm. >> >> The kernel module is now in $OVS_SRC/datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko. I can >> load it just fine using insmod. Maybe the question that follows is more >> related to Debian rather than OpenvSwitch and I apologize if that's the >> case. >> >> How will the OS know to load openvswitch.ko at reboot. Shouldn't the make >> install step install the module in /lib/modules? I think I can copy the >> module to >> /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.ko and >> this would work. Is this correct? And also copy the brcompat.ko if I need >> it. >> >> The INSTALL.Linux mentions that I can build a Debian package, I think >> that would install everything where it belongs. Haven't tried that yet to >> be perfectly honest. That's the next step. >> > > I have just tried to build the *.deb package but I get the following error: > > dpkg-source: error: can't build with source format '3.0 (quilt)': no > orig.tar file found > dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -b openvswitch gave error exit > status 255 > > Exact steps I have made: > > # git clone git://openvswitch.org/openvswitch > > Installed build-essential, python-* dependencies, gcc, autoconf, > linux-headers-`uname -r` using apt-get. > > # cd openvswitch ; ./boot.sh; ./configure --prefix=/usr > --localstatedir=/var --with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > # make ; make install > # dpkg-buildpackage > > Good Will, > v > > I have found http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-February/006476.html so I have used fakeroot to build the packages, it worked. Sorry for the noise. Good Will, v
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