The link to brcompat is indeed broken. But if you need, you can take a look at the contents of that document on the ovs gitweb:
http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob;f=INSTALL.bridge;h=dec09d8d80166b391d07030938ce98b85b8a9f93;hb=9b80f761bed9a32c1b0eb22ee3361966057ea973 On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Henrique Rodrigues < [email protected]> wrote: > Do you have brcompat module in the kernel and the bridge compatibility > daemon running? That might be the reason why the Xen bridge scripts are not > working. > > Run: > > # insmod ${OVS_DIR}/datapath/linux/brcompat.ko > # ovs-brcompatd --detach > > This might solve your problem and you should create your vms after that. > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Jean-François Lalau > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello,**** >> >> Being new to OVS, I performed a clean install of**** >> >> - Debian Wheezy (weekly release for January 14)**** >> >> - XEN 4.1.3**** >> >> - OVS from Debian package**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Prior to OVS install the XEN parts works well.**** >> >> The OVS itself also works**** >> >> ** ** >> >> But, I have some trouble with the network scripts that create the VM vif. >> **** >> >> I.E when I try to create a domU I got an error message stating that the >> hotplug script doesn’t work.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I found some replacement scripts for the XEN supplied “vif-bridge” >> scripts but none works and hours of searching for the issue in various >> place brought nothing else than a headache.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> So :**** >> >> **- **Should I use the Open vSwitch compatibility layer for >> Linux bridging ? (or must I ?) **** >> >> **- **Should I follow the instruction for Building and >> installing Open vSwitch for Citrix XenServer >> <http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob_plain;f=INSTALL.XenServer;hb=HEAD> >> ? (despite >> I use open source Xen and not citrix)**** >> >> **- **Or is there some working scripts to replace native XEN >> scripts ?**** >> >> **- **Anything else ?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Any clue would be very appreciated **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks in advance,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Jean-François Lalau**** >> >> ** ** >> >> P.S. currently on the page http://openvswitch.org/support/ the link Open >> vSwitch compatibility layer for Linux bridging >> <http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob_plain;f=INSTALL.bridge;hb=HEAD> >> is >> broken , 404**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > > -- > Henrique Rodrigues > http://www.dcc.ufmg.br/~hsr > -- Henrique Rodrigues http://www.dcc.ufmg.br/~hsr
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