Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.1 DDK for OVS Build

[Ben Pfaff <blp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

brooks@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I was able to hobble together an XCP 1.1 DDK VM based on the 5.6 SP2
> DDK VM image.  Updating that VM to use the XCP 1.1 kernel wasn't too
> difficult and once I got that completed recompiling OVS was easy.
> What was worse was finding out that you guys bundled the OVS kernel
> module into the kernel RPM itself.  So to get OVS 1.3 installed I had
> to rip out the OVS code from the XCP 1.1 kernel.  The nice thing is
> that I now have an XCP 1.1 DDK VM that can be used to update the
> kernel, drivers, etc.  And I also have the ability to easily update
> OVS if needed, now that it's kernel module component is built as a
> separate RPM.

It doesn't make sense that you had to rip anything out.  The OVS
RPMs should override the modules shipped with XenServer.  We rely
on this routinely at Nicira.
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
http://benpfaff.org


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