brcompat_mod and the Linux bridge module are incompatible, so it doesn't make sense to try to load both at the same time. This commit prevents ovs-ctl from trying.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> Reported-by: Rogério Vinhal Nunes Launchpad bug #917309. --- AUTHORS | 1 + utilities/ovs-ctl.in | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS index 87b3ccd..328218d 100644 --- a/AUTHORS +++ b/AUTHORS @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Peter Phaal peter.ph...@inmon.com Ram Jothikumar rjothiku...@nicira.com Ramana Reddy gtvrre...@gmail.com Roger Leigh rle...@codelibre.net +Rogério Vinhal Nunes Sean Brady sbr...@gtfservices.com Sebastian Andrzej Siewior sebast...@breakpoint.cc Sébastien RICCIO s...@swisscenter.com diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in index 5640ee8..d1df6a8 100755 --- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in +++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ insert_openvswitch_mod_if_required () { } insert_brcompat_mod_if_required () { + if test -e /sys/module/bridge; then + log_warning_msg "bridge module is loaded, not loading brcompat_mod" + return 1 + fi test -e /sys/module/brcompat_mod && return 0 action "Inserting brcompat module" modprobe brcompat_mod } -- 1.7.2.5 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev