Joe, It worked out perfectly! Do you think would be possible to create a patch - depending on the kernel version - so that people won't have to modify this in the future?
Thanks, Luca On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Luca Prete <l...@onlab.us> wrote: > Cool! > > I'll give it a try and I'll let you know how it goes. > > Thanks > > Luca > > > Il giorno 13 apr 2016, alle ore 17:03, Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> ha > scritto: > > > >> On 13 April 2016 at 13:53, Luca Prete <l...@onlab.us> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> I'm trying to install the latest version of OVS (2.5.0) > >> > >> I'm getting some errors when trying to install the kernel module, either > >> when compiling from src or when I create and then install the deb > >> (specifically in this last case the error happens when I do sudo dpkg -i > >> sudo dpkg -i openvswitch-datapath-dkms_2.5.0-1_all.deb) > >> > >> The error I get is the following: > >> make -C /lib/modules/3.16.0-70-generic/build > >> M=/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux modules > >> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-70-generic' > >> CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.o > >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c: In > function > >> ‘ovs_fragment’: > >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: > >> warning: passing argument 1 of ‘v6ops->fragment’ from incompatible > pointer > >> type [enabled by default] > >> v6ops->fragment(skb->sk, skb, ovs_vport_output); > >> ^ > >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: > note: > >> expected ‘struct sk_buff *’ but argument is of type ‘struct sock *’ > >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: > >> warning: passing argument 2 of ‘v6ops->fragment’ from incompatible > pointer > >> type [enabled by default] > >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: > note: > >> expected ‘int (*)(struct sk_buff *)’ but argument is of type ‘struct > sk_buff > >> *’ > >> /var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.c:730:3: > error: > >> too many arguments to function ‘v6ops->fragment’ > >> make[2]: *** > >> [/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux/actions.o] Error 1 > >> make[1]: *** > [_module_/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux] > >> Error 2 > >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-70-generic' > >> make: *** [default] Error 2 > >> make: Leaving directory > >> `/var/lib/dkms/openvswitch/2.5.0/build/datapath/linux' > >> > >> I'm running the following version of Ubuntu: > >> ubuntu:~/ovs$ sudo lsb_release -a > >> No LSB modules are available. > >> Distributor ID: Ubuntu > >> Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS > >> Release: 14.04 > >> Codename: trusty > >> > >> with the following kernel: > >> ubuntu:~/ovs$ sudo uname -a > >> Linux i2-mn-ubuntu 3.16.0-70-generic #90~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 6 > >> 22:56:34 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > >> > >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Hi Luca, > > > > It looks like Ubuntu backported a custom fix into some of their newer > > kernels, leading to this build breakage in conjunction with OVS-2.5.0 > > dkms. I didn't see a problem with some 3.16.0-5x versions. If it's > > viable, you can just use the openvswitch module that comes with the > > Ubuntu kernel. > > > > Alternatively to fix it, you'll need to apply this patch to your tree > > (picking up branch-2.5 on github should also fix the issue): > > > https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/a35342879f1a7d8b1503d4945bd0791c58f5fc87 >
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