Ashish Kurian <ashish...@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear Developers,
>
> As Niti instructed me, I tried to locate the openvswitch.ko file in my OVS
> directory and could not find it. Can you please help me in identifying why
> I cannot locate that file on my OVS directory?

You need to configure '--with-linux', and then you can
'cd datapath && make' to produce datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko

-Aaron

> Best Regards,
> Ashish Kurian
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:32 PM, niti Rohilla <niti1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ashish,
>>
>> After compilation you have to load the ovs kernel module.
>>
>> U can follow these steps:
>> 1) Find the location of openvswitch.ko file in your openvswitch directory.
>> It might be in this location datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko in ovs directory.
>>
>> 2) Use the command to find the location of openvswitch.ko in your linux
>> system:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    /sbin/modinfo openvswitch
>>
>> 3) Replace the file in step 2 with file in step 1.
>>
>> For example,
>>
>> cp datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko /lib/modules/3.2.0-57-generic-
>> pae/updates/dkms/openvswitch.ko
>>
>> 4) make modules_install
>>
>> Hope it helps.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Niti Rohilla
>>
>>
>> On Sep 14, 2016 4:52 PM, "Ashish Kurian" <ashish...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Niti,
>>>
>>> I used the commands that you suggested and I got the following error
>>>
>>> ¨failed to add gtp0 as port: Address family not supported by protocol¨
>>>
>>> Do you know what could be the reason for this error?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Ashish Kurian
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:24 AM, niti Rohilla <niti1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ashish,
>>>>
>>>> I would recommend you to refer the 3GPP GTP-U specifications.
>>>> http://www.arib.or.jp/IMT-2000/V720Mar09/5_Appendix/Rel8/29/
>>>> 29281-800.pdf
>>>>
>>>> First you need to compile your code and load the openvswitch kernel
>>>> module.
>>>>
>>>> U can use the following command to create a GTP-U tunnel:
>>>>
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    ovs-vsctl add-port br2 gtp0 -- set interface gtp0 type=gtp
>>>>    options:remote_ip=flow options:key=flow
>>>>
>>>> I hope it helps and if you are planning to submit the code then please
>>>> don't strip the signed-off part so that people can still refer to me or
>>>> Saloni in case of problems.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Niti
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Ashish Kurian <ashish...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Niti,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much for your reply. I have already asked in the open
>>>>> source community and all what I get as reply is that "no body is working 
>>>>> on
>>>>> it right now and I must contact the author of the patch".
>>>>>
>>>>> So far I have installed the patch and fixed two errors that came up
>>>>> when I did the OVS test command. My next step is to evaluate the
>>>>> functionalities of the patch. But I do not have a clue how to give the
>>>>> ofctl commands matching gtp parameters. There must be some other
>>>>> documentation that TCS has prepared regarding this patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are not aware of the documentation, can you please lead me to
>>>>> others from your team that worked on this project. Please understand that
>>>>> there is not much help available online as of now for this patch
>>>>> implementation.
>>>>>
>>>>> My next goal is to identify how to test this patch. Has your team
>>>>> already tested this patch and if so did you have some results of the test.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have even tried to contact Saloni Jain regarding the same. Please
>>>>> understand my situation and any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Ashish Kurian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 6:28 AM, niti Rohilla <niti1...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ashish,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have moved out of this project long time back. I would recommend you
>>>>>> to send a mail to the opensource community so that the current 
>>>>>> stakeholder
>>>>>> can help you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>> Niti Rohilla
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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