After testing it with the test kernel we found that the Linux header contains the Openvswitch.h header files with out any OVS module installed, and these header files are not compatible with OVS2.7, when we tried to build the OVS kernel module"
Files contains in debian package: dpkg -L linux-headers-4.4.0-138 | grep openvswitch /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138/net/openvswitch /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138/net/openvswitch/Makefile /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138/net/openvswitch/Kconfig /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138/include/linux/openvswitch.h /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h root@compute2:~/kernel# dpkg -L linux-headers-4.4.0-138-generic | grep openvswitch /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138-generic/include/config/openvswitch /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138-generic/include/config/openvswitch/gre.h /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138-generic/include/config/openvswitch/vxlan.h /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138-generic/include/config/openvswitch/geneve.h /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-138-generic/include/config/openvswitch.h What is the safe way to remove these header files before Installing the our OVS and compiling the OVS kernel module. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773165 Title: openvswitch-datapath-dkms kernel module is not getting loaded Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Confirmed Bug description: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial Kernel version: 4.4.0-127-generic OVS version: 2.7.0 # Issue description openvswitch-datapath-dkms kernelmodule is not getting loaded # Error from dmesg [10863.380564] openvswitch: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [10863.381804] openvswitch: exports duplicate symbol dst_cache_destroy (owned by kernel) [10863.517173] openvswitch: exports duplicate symbol dst_cache_destroy (owned by kernel) [10878.094250] openvswitch: exports duplicate symbol dst_cache_destroy (owned by kernel) #Error from syslog May 24 08:37:06 dev65 kernel: [76508.361496] openvswitch: exports duplicate symbol dst_cache_destroy (owned by kernel) May 24 08:37:06 dev65 openvswitch-switch[18336]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'openvswitch': Exec format error May 24 08:37:06 dev65 openvswitch-switch[18336]: * Inserting openvswitch module #installation logs: Selecting previously unselected package openvswitch-datapath-dkms. (Reading database ... 84707 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack openvswitch-datapath-dkms_2.7.0-1_all.deb ... Unpacking openvswitch-datapath-dkms (2.7.0-1) ... Setting up openvswitch-datapath-dkms (2.7.0-1) ... Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.7.0/source -> /usr/src/openvswitch-2.7.0 DKMS: add completed. Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area....(bad exit status: 2) ./configure --with-linux='/lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/build' && make -C datapath/linux...................... cleaning build area....(bad exit status: 2) DKMS: build completed. openvswitch: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/updates/dkms/ vport-geneve.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/updates/dkms/ vport-gre.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/updates/dkms/ vport-lisp.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/updates/dkms/ vport-stt.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/updates/dkms/ vport-vxlan.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-127-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod.... DKMS: install completed. #Dpkg status dpkg -l | grep openvswitch ii openvswitch-common 2.7.0-1 amd64 Open vSwitch common components ii openvswitch-datapath-dkms 2.7.0-1 all Open vSwitch datapath module source - DKMS version ii openvswitch-switch 2.7.0-1 amd64 Open vSwitch switch implementations ii python-openvswitch 2.6.1-0ubuntu5.2~cloud0 all Python bindings for Open vSwitch #lsmod status No modules are listing for openvswitch-datapath-dkms #modprobe error modprobe openvswitch modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'openvswitch': Exec format error --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k4.4.0-127-generic. AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Red Hat KVM Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 cirrusdrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-127-generic root=UUID=2bd36290-e77b-49ad-9199-c485da6f4f39 ro ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-127.153-generic 4.4.128 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-127-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-127-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.19 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: xenial uec-images Uname: Linux 4.4.0-127-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Seabios dmi.bios.version: 0.5.1 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Red Hat dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeabios:bvr0.5.1:bd01/01/2007:svnRedHat:pnKVM:pvrRHEL6.6.0PC:cvnRedHat:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: KVM dmi.product.version: RHEL 6.6.0 PC dmi.sys.vendor: Red Hat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1773165/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
