On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Nithin Raju <nit...@vmware.com> wrote: > In a previous commit, support had been added to support building > the kernel datapath from command line. In this patch, we document > it. > --- > INSTALL.Windows.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > Thank you Nithin! I checked that using this works with appveyor too. Can you provide me a Signed-off-by please.
> diff --git a/INSTALL.Windows.md b/INSTALL.Windows.md > index 138d1bb..0882501 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.Windows.md > +++ b/INSTALL.Windows.md > @@ -96,15 +96,29 @@ For example, > > * Run make for the ported executables. > > -Building the Kernel module > --------------------------- > -We directly use the Visual Studio 2013 IDE to compile the kernel module. You > can > -open the extensions.sln file in the IDE and build the solution. > +Building the Kernel datapath module > +----------------------------------- > +* We directly use the Visual Studio 2013 IDE to compile the kernel datapath. > +You can open the extensions.sln file in the IDE and build the solution. > + > +* The kernel datapath can be compiled from command line as well. The top > +level 'make' will invoke building the kernel datapath, if the > +'--with-vstudioddk' argument is specified while configuring the package. > +For example, > + > + % ./configure CC=./build-aux/cccl LD="`which link`" LIBS="-lws2_32" \ > + --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" \ > + --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" --with-pthread="C:/pthread" \ > + --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32" \ > + --with-vstudioddk="<WDK to use>" > + > + Possible values for "<WDK to use>" are: > + "Win8.1 Debug", "Win8.1 Release", "Win8 Debug" and "Win8 Release". > > Installing the Kernel module > ---------------------------- > Once you have built the solution, you can copy the following files to the > -target Hyper-V machines: > +target Hyper-V machines. > > ./datapath-windows/x64/Win8.1Debug/package/ovsext.inf > ./datapath-windows/x64/Win8.1Debug/package/OVSExt.sys > @@ -112,6 +126,10 @@ target Hyper-V machines: > ./datapath-windows/misc/install.cmd > ./datapath-windows/misc/uninstall.cmd > > +The above path assumes that the kernel module has been built using Windows > +DDK 8.1 in Debug mode. Change the path appropriately, if a different WDK > +has been used. > + > Steps to install the module > --------------------------- > > -- > 1.7.4.1 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
