On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 09:18:23PM +0000, Bhanuprakash Bodireddy wrote: > List details of various popular distributions shipping Open vSwitch > packages. Also include the information of the distros supporting DPDK > accelerated datapath. > > Signed-off-by: Bhanuprakash Bodireddy <[email protected]> > --- > Documentation/automake.mk | 1 + > Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst | 72 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/intro/install/index.rst | 1 + > 3 files changed, 74 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/automake.mk b/Documentation/automake.mk > index 42553f0..456ab44 100644 > --- a/Documentation/automake.mk > +++ b/Documentation/automake.mk > @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \ > Documentation/intro/install/bash-completion.rst \ > Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst \ > Documentation/intro/install/documentation.rst \ > + Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst \ > Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst \ > Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst \ > Documentation/intro/install/general.rst \ > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst > b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..c991eda > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ > +.. > + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may > + not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain > + a copy of the License at > + > + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > + > + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > WITHOUT > + WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See > the > + License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations > + under the License. > + > + Convention for heading levels in Open vSwitch documentation: > + > + ======= Heading 0 (reserved for the title in a document) > + ------- Heading 1 > + ~~~~~~~ Heading 2 > + +++++++ Heading 3 > + ''''''' Heading 4 > + > + Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well. > + > +==================================== > +Distributions packaging Open vSwitch > +==================================== > + > +This document lists various popular distributions packaging Open vSwitch. > +Open vSwitch is packaged by various distributions for multiple platforms and > +architectures. > + > +.. note:: > + The packaged version available with distributions may not be latest > + Open vSwitch release. > + > +Debian > +------- > + > +You can use ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to install the .deb packages and must > +be superuser. > + > +1. Debian has ``openvswitch-switch`` and ``openvswitch-common`` .deb packages > +that includes the core userspace components of the switch. > + > +2. For kernel datapath, ``openvswitch-datapath-dkms`` can be installed to > +automatically build and install Open vSwitch kernel module for your running > +kernel. > + > +3. For DPDK datapath, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is bundled in the > package > +``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. > + > +Fedora > +------ > + > +Fedora provides ``openvswitch``, ``openvswitch-devel``, ``openvswitch-test`` > +and ``openvswitch-debuginfo`` rpm packages. You can install ``openvswitch`` > +package in minimum installation. Use ``yum`` or ``dnf`` to install the rpm > +packages and must be superuser. > + > +Redhat > +------ > + > +RHEL distributes ``openvswitch`` rpm package that supports kernel datapath. > +DPDK accelerated Open vSwitch can be installed using ``openvswitch-dpdk`` > +package.
That has changed and now there is only a single package (DPDK enabled) called ``openvswitch``. -- Flavio _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
