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INSTALL.Linux: Add some troubleshooting instructions for module loading.
Suggested-by: kk yap <yapkke@stanford.edu>
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@@ -186,6 +186,41 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build.
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To verify that the modules have been loaded, run "/sbin/lsmod" and
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check that openvswitch_mod is listed.
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If the "insmod" operation fails, look at the last few kernel log
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messages (e.g. with "dmesg | tail"):
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- The message "openvswitch_mod: exports duplicate symbol
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br_should_route_hook (owned by bridge)" means that the bridge
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module is loaded. Run "/sbin/rmmod bridge" to remove it.
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If "/sbin/rmmod bridge" fails with "ERROR: Module bridge does
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not exist in /proc/modules", then the bridge is compiled into
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the kernel, rather than as a module. Open vSwitch does not
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support this configuration (see "Build Requirements", above).
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- The message "openvswitch_mod: exports duplicate symbol
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dp_ioctl_hook (owned by ofdatapath)" means that the ofdatapath
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module from the OpenFlow reference implementation is loaded.
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Run "/sbin/rmmod ofdatapath" to remove it. (You might have to
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delete any existing datapaths beforehand, using the "dpctl"
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program included with the OpenFlow reference implementation.
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"ovs-dpctl" will not work.)
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- Otherwise, the most likely problem is that Open vSwitch was
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built for a kernel different from the one into which you are
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trying to load it. Run "modinfo" on openvswitch_mod.ko and on
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a module built for the running kernel, e.g.:
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% /sbin/modinfo openvswitch_mod.ko
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% /sbin/modinfo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/bridge/bridge.ko
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Compare the "vermagic" lines output by the two commands. If
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they differ, then Open vSwitch was built for the wrong kernel.
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- If you decide to report a bug or ask a question related to
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module loading, please include the output from the "dmesg" and
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"modinfo" commands mentioned above.
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7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.:
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% ovsdb-tool create /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema
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