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| author | Frode Nordahl <frode.nordahl@canonical.com> | 2022-07-14 17:55:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> | 2022-07-15 13:45:55 +0200 |
| commit | c78e7efa7b786f1e4170d025676a0dc69b20ad53 (patch) | |
| tree | b8d48ea8f93c984d1418f9e8ed32260918548789 /Documentation/intro | |
| parent | 3e31a2dafc3f0a096241eba1c509186fd683f6b3 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-c78e7efa7b786f1e4170d025676a0dc69b20ad53.tar.gz | |
docs: Update package references in debian/ubuntu related docs.
On the back of changing the debian/ubuntu packaging, update the
docs to refer to existing packages.
Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <frode.nordahl@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/intro')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst | 22 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst index b68a764d1..ce75ac45c 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/distributions.rst @@ -33,24 +33,20 @@ architectures. The packaged version available with distributions may not be latest Open vSwitch release. -Debian -------- +Debian / Ubuntu +--------------- You can use ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to install the .deb packages and must be superuser. -1. Debian has ``openvswitch-switch`` and ``openvswitch-common`` .deb packages -that includes the core userspace components of the switch. - -2. For kernel datapath, ``openvswitch-datapath-dkms`` can be installed to -automatically build and install Open vSwitch kernel module for your running -kernel. This package is only available when the .deb packages are built from -the Open vSwitch repository; it is not downstream in Debian or Ubuntu releases. +1. Debian and Ubuntu has ``openvswitch-switch`` and ``openvswitch-common`` +packages that includes the core userspace components of the switch. Extra +packages for documentation, ipsec, pki, VTEP and Python support are also +available. The Open vSwitch kernel datapath is maintained as part of the +upstream kernel available in the distribution. -3. For fast userspace switching, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is -bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. This package is only -available in the Ubuntu distribution; it is not upstream in the Open vSwitch -repository or downstream in Debian. +2. For fast userspace switching, Open vSwitch with DPDK support is +bundled in the package ``openvswitch-switch-dpdk``. Fedora ------ |