[Bug 1189408] Re: 1.10 FTBFS on powerpc (lacp test failure)

2013-06-11 Thread Ben Pfaff
Yeah - I did a blanket disable for powerpc for the time being; I'll make it a bit more specific for my next upload. Yeah, sorry about the trouble, I'll put it on my to-do list to find and fix the race in the test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

[Bug 1189408] Re: 1.10 FTBFS on powerpc (lacp test failure)

2013-06-10 Thread Ben Pfaff
This test has a race condition. If it's causing trouble in Ubuntu builds, then the best thing to do is to disable the test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189408

[Bug 1094556] Re: confusing typo in /etc/default/openvswitch-controller

2012-12-30 Thread Ben Pfaff
I pushed a fix to Open vSwitch upstream master: http://openvswitch.org /cgi- bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=commit;h=39bbf1bd166ab5dc9a98066ee6a4e2effabca922 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068365] Re: openvswitch gre tunnels not working in quantal

2012-10-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
The dkms package was disabled as its not compatible with the 3.5 kernel; this decision was taken under the assumption that the upstream kernel module was feature comparable with the dkms provided kernel module. That's right, the Open vSwitch FAQ says: Q: What features are not available in the

[Bug 1068365] Re: openvswitch gre tunnels not working in quantal

2012-10-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
Any chance you could take a look at the proposed cherry pick patches in the branch to see if they look sane? I'd be glad to do so, but I'm not having any luck finding the proposed cherry pick patches. (I always have a terrible time finding my way around launchpad.) -- You received this bug

[Bug 1068365] Re: openvswitch gre tunnels not working in quantal

2012-10-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
I managed to find the patches. All of those patches seem reasonable to me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068365 Title: openvswitch gre tunnels not working in

[Bug 914160] Re: [MIR] openvswitch

2012-08-29 Thread Ben Pfaff
I am only asking that the server team look at your work here. Oh, thanks for clarifying, I hadn't made that connection. That makes sense, thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu.

[Bug 914160] Re: [MIR] openvswitch

2012-08-28 Thread Ben Pfaff
While not a condition of this MIR, IMHO it would be good to coordinate with Ben to see if what is happening for wheezy is good for 12.10. I'm not sure what I'm being asked here, can you be more explicit? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team,

[Bug 1037060] Re: openvswitch-datapath-dkms 1.4.2+git20120612-2ubuntu1: openvswitch kernel module failed to build

2012-08-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
This could presumably be fixed by applying upstream commit 3d192f8e5655 datapath: Use ETH_ALEN instead of VLAN_ETH_ALEN. I don't think that OVS branch-1.4 is supposed to support kernel 3.5 however. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is

[Bug 914160] Re: [MIR] openvswitch

2012-08-14 Thread Ben Pfaff
I hope that you guys at Ubuntu are aware that I'm proposing an alternative to get into Debian wheezy, as opposed to what's in Debian sid at the moment. The full details are at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683771 (I proposed this weeks ago but it seems that the Debian

[Bug 1021530] Re: [SRU] update to include stable fixes for OVS 1.4

2012-07-26 Thread Ben Pfaff
I believe there is a PPC build failure that is blocking it. Do the failures in the build log look like anything obvious to you? It's obviously the bug fixed here: http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=commitdiff;h=f79982ba930364f2d3935196dc13b422ba711ef2 I guess we get to

[Bug 962189] Re: dkms module is not automatically rebuild when installing new linux-image package

2012-06-18 Thread Ben Pfaff
It seems I found a fix for this. Thanks, I sent out a patch to ovs-dev: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-June/018075.html With luck, it will be committed to the OVS repository today and then go into Debian in a day or two. Thank you very much! -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1013804] Re: package openvswitch-pki 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-06-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
This message is very odd, because it implies that configure was not run correctly, to use /var instead of /usr/local/var: /usr/local/bin/ovs-pki: /usr/local/var/lib/openvswitch/pki already exists and --force not specified That is in fact probably the reason for the problem, because the

[Bug 1013804] Re: package openvswitch-pki 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-06-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
I had OVS built from source and was trying to install using apt-get on top of it. It failed Oh, I see. You installed OVS programs earlier in your $PATH than the packaged versions and were surprised that this didn't work well. I think the answer is don't do that then. -- You received this bug

[Bug 894754] Re: openvswitch missing -datapath-dkms dependency, fails to install

2012-03-12 Thread Ben Pfaff
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 3.2.0-2-virtual cannot be found. Please install the linux-headers-3.2.0-2-virtual package, or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located I'm pretty sure that it's not anything from Open vSwitch printing this message, so I'm not sure

[Bug 914160] Re: [MIR] openvswitch

2012-01-31 Thread Ben Pfaff
- sfl_agent_*error uses a fixed length buffer. is it ensured that it won't overflow? I only see calls to that function with short, fixed strings. The buffer is 1000 bytes. I don't see how it could overflow. However, it can't hurt to switch to snprintf(), so I posted a patch to ovs-dev:

[Bug 914160] Re: [MIR] openvswitch

2012-01-31 Thread Ben Pfaff
However, it can't hurt to switch to snprintf(), so I posted a patch to ovs-dev: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-January/014601.html Patch was reviewed. I've pushed it to master and all active 1.x branches. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I don't want brcompat to control the bridge module. I want brcompat to make it possible to REPLACE the bridge kernel module with an OvS switch. OK. That's the purpose of brcompat. Thank you for the report. I'll see what I can do about fixing this upstream. -- You received this bug

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I posted a fix to ovs-dev for review: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-January/014352.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917309 Title: brcompatd works

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-17 Thread Ben Pfaff
I pushed the fix to master and the branches for 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917309 Title: brcompatd works with brctl delif but

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
When I start the openvswitch initscript it doesn't remove the bridge module, but loads the brcompat module. brcompatd should not be enabled by default. Does this mean that you specifically enabled ovs-brcompatd, by installing the openvswitch-brcompat package and editing

[Bug 917309] Re: brcompatd works with brctl delif but doesn't with addif

2012-01-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
Examining the openvswitch opening script I find that it only tries to remove the module if there are no bridges up. ...to prevent the script from destroying all of your bridges, if you have some configured. But what good is brcompatd if there are no bridges up? I think you misunderstand the

[Bug 914160] Re: [MIR] openvswitch

2012-01-10 Thread Ben Pfaff
I don't understand what problem this bug reports. Can you please rephrase it? Thanks, Ben (upstream maintainer). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/914160 Title:

[Bug 829250] Re: datapath dkms module does't built automaticly

2011-08-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
The DKMS support that I just committed to the upstream Git master for Open vSwitch has this bug fixed (s/linux-2.6/linux/ as suggested in comment #3). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu.

[Bug 822142] Re: package openvswitch-controller 1.1.0~pre2.g2.ea763e0e-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-08-08 Thread Ben Pfaff
I sent the following bugfix patch to ovs-dev for review: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2011-August/010334.html Anyone who is running into the problem can for now just mkdir /var/run/openvswitch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which

[Bug 808224] Re: ovs-brcompatd not built

2011-07-26 Thread Ben Pfaff
I pushed the fix to the Open vSwitch Git master, so the next Debian upload should fix this bug, once it propagates to Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808224

[Bug 808224] Re: ovs-brcompatd not built

2011-07-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
I posted a patch here: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2011-July/009879.html I've only partially tested it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808224 Title:

[Bug 808224] Re: ovs-brcompatd not built

2011-07-14 Thread Ben Pfaff
@Ben: Can you comment on why it's use is discouraged? A few reasons: * Its original goal was to support XAPI on Citrix XenServer, in versions of XenServer before OVS was integrated. We implemented exactly the feature set required for that. There could easily be important omissions. * Unlike

[Bug 808224] Re: ovs-brcompatd not built

2011-07-11 Thread Ben Pfaff
Speaking as the Debian and upstream maintainer for Open vSwitch, ovs- brcompatd isn't in the upstream Debian version of the package because we don't want to encourage people to use it. It might make sense to add another binary package for ovs-brcompatd, if you really need it. The DKMS package is

[Bug 808224] Re: ovs-brcompatd not built

2011-07-11 Thread Ben Pfaff
I don't see value in having two kernel module packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808224 Title: ovs-brcompatd not built To manage notifications about this