On 28 January 2016 at 08:46, Russell Bryant <russ...@ovn.org> wrote:
> The rpm build instructions did not clarify what spec files were to be
> used for RHEL 7 and its derivatives. Clarify that you're actually
> supposed to use the spec files called "fedora" for RHEL 7 right now.
>
> Update references to Fedora versions to reflect the current release
> (23), as neither 16 or 17 are supported releases anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell Bryant <russ...@ovn.org>
>
I think openvswitch-kmod-fedora has been an orphan for a long time. I think
that is because the users in fedora get a more upto date kernel module from
Linux kernel itself. It probably still builds, but it will likely not be
picked up with modprobe because there is till the native kernel module.
> ---
> INSTALL.Fedora.md | 11 ++++++-----
> INSTALL.RHEL.md | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>
> NOTE: The kmod build doesn't actually work for me, but I believe the
> instructions
> are written as intended. I'm still trying to figure out how to fix the
> build, though. I'm testing on Fedora 23.
>
>
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL.Fedora.md b/INSTALL.Fedora.md
> index 75b6375..feb2f48 100644
> --- a/INSTALL.Fedora.md
> +++ b/INSTALL.Fedora.md
> @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open
> vSwitch on a Fedora
> Linux host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on a generic Linux host,
> see [INSTALL.md] instead.
>
> -We have tested these instructions with Fedora 16 and Fedora 17.
> +We have tested these instructions with Fedora 23. These instructions are
> also
> +used for RHEL 7.x and its derivatives, such as CentOS 7.x.
>
> Building Open vSwitch for Fedora
> --------------------------------
> @@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ Fedora. The command "rpmbuild --showrc" will show the
> configuration
> for each of those directories. Alternatively, the command "rpm --eval
> '%{_topdir}'" shows the current configuration for the top level
> directory and the command "rpm --eval '%{_sourcedir}'" does the same
> -for the sources directory. On Fedora 17, the default RPM _topdir is
> +for the sources directory. On Fedora 23, the default RPM _topdir is
> $HOME/rpmbuild and the default RPM sources directory is
> $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES.
>
> @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES.
>
> `rpmbuild -bb --without check rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec`
>
> -5. On Fedora 17, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, run:
> +5. On Fedora 23, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, run:
>
> `rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-kmod-fedora.spec`
>
> @@ -74,9 +75,9 @@ $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES.
>
> ```
> rpmbuild -bb \
> - -D "kversion 2.6.32-131.6.1.el6.x86_64" \
> + -D "kversion 4.3.3-300.fc23.x86_64” \
> -D "kflavors default debug kdump" \
> - rhel/openvswitch-kmod-rhel6.spec
> + rhel/openvswitch-kmod-fedora
> ```
>
> This produces an "kmod-openvswitch" RPM for each kernel variant,
> diff --git a/INSTALL.RHEL.md b/INSTALL.RHEL.md
> index 8746bc6..82f3efd 100644
> --- a/INSTALL.RHEL.md
> +++ b/INSTALL.RHEL.md
> @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on a generic Linux host, see [INSTALL.md] instead.
>
> We have tested these instructions with RHEL 5.6 and RHEL 6.0.
>
> +For RHEL 7.x (or derivatives, such as CentOS 7.x), you should follow
> +the instructions in [INSTALL.Fedora.md]. The Fedora spec files are
> +used for RHEL 7.x.
> +
> Building Open vSwitch for RHEL
> ------------------------------
>
> --
> 2.5.0
>
>
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