Dear All, I am trying to use OVS kernel module that can be compiled from the OVS source instead of the built-in openvswitch module provided by the kernel. Besides some certificate/signing issues (newer kernels do not allow inserting third-party modules if they are not signed by the vendor), I finally managed (with self-signed certificates) to load the compiled openvswitch.ko module located under OVS_SOURCE/datapath/linux/.
I am using Ubuntu 18.04, linux kernel 4.15.0-32-generic with openvswitch-2.10.0 from source (2.9.x did not even compile on my system). Once the module is loaded via insmod, dmesg says it is loaded "correctly" (even the version is shown - when the stock kernel module is loaded via modprobe, no version information is shown): [ 2833.903781] openvswitch: Open vSwitch switching datapath 2.10.0 Then, I manually initialize and start OVS with the following commands (environment variables are pointing to the binaries in the OVS source directory): 1) sudo rm -rf /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db 2>&1 2) sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/ 3) sudo $OVSDB_PATH/ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/openvswitch/conf.db $OVSVSWITCHD_PATH/vswitch.ovsschema 4) sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/var/run/openvswitch 5) sudo $OVSDB_PATH/ovsdb-server -- remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock -- remote=db:Open_vSwitch,Open_vSwitch,manager_options --pidfile --detach 6) sudo $OVSUTILITIES_PATH/ovs-vsctl --no-wait init 7) export DB_SOCK=/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock 8) sudo $OVSVSWITCHD_PATH/ovs-vswitchd unix:$DB_SOCK --pidfile --detach After these command OVS is initialized and started (at least the vswitchd) and now I can create a bridge and add ports to it, etc. However, right after the last command (8), in the output of dmesg I have realized the following strange line: [ 2975.940723] openvswitch: Open vSwitch switching datapath Now, I am a bit confused :S Did ovs-vswitchd command automatically (re)load the kernel module provided by the stock kernel and replace my previous inserted module compiled from the OVS source? For debuggin, how can I check the info of the loaded module - I cannot find any useful tool/command for this? (Command modinfo only prints out the info of the module specified as its arguments, i.e., openvswitch | OVS_SOURCE/datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko) Thank you for considering my request. Cheers, levi _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
