On 29 March 2017 at 10:19, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > Suggested-by: "Nadathur, Sundar" <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Gurucharan Shetty <[email protected]>
> --- > AUTHORS.rst | 1 + > Documentation/intro/install/general.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst > index 0956f6d36514..03196c15d115 100644 > --- a/AUTHORS.rst > +++ b/AUTHORS.rst > @@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ Stepan Andrushko > [email protected] > Stephen Hemminger [email protected] > Stuart Cardall [email protected] > Suganya Ramachandran [email protected] > +Sundar Nadathur [email protected] > Taekho Nam [email protected] > Takayuki HAMA [email protected] > Teemu Koponen [email protected] > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst > b/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst > index b2c3c20de419..8d2e975ee6b3 100644 > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst > @@ -29,6 +29,34 @@ This document describes how to build and install Open > vSwitch on a generic > Linux, FreeBSD, or NetBSD host. For specifics around installation on a > specific > platform, refer to one of the other installation guides listed in > :doc:`index`. > > +Obtaining Open vSwitch Sources > +------------------------------ > + > +The canonical location for Open vSwitch source code is its Git > +repository, which you can clone into a directory named "ovs" with:: > + > + $ git clone https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git > + > +Cloning the repository leaves the "master" branch initially checked > +out. This is the right branch for general development. If, on the > +other hand, if you want to build a particular released version, you > +can check it out by running a command such as the following from the > +"ovs" directory:: > + > + $ git checkout v2.7.0 > + > +The repository also has a branch for each release series. For > +example, to obtain the latest fixes in the Open vSwitch 2.7.x release > +series, which might include bug fixes that have not yet been in any > +released version, you can check it out from the "ovs" directory with:: > + > + $ git checkout origin/branch-2.7 > + > +If you do not want to use Git, you can also obtain tarballs for Open > +vSwitch release versions via http://openvswitch.org/download/, or > +download a ZIP file for any snapshot from the web interface at > +https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs. > + > .. _general-build-reqs: > > Build Requirements > -- > 2.10.2 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
