debian: Add option to build without DPDK.

Co-authored-by: Frode Nordahl <frode.nordahl@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <frode.nordahl@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst
index 4024dc07a..6d2687830 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst
@@ -58,38 +58,28 @@ You do not need to be the superuser to build the Debian packages.
    top level directory.
 
 3. Install the build dependencies listed under "Build-Depends:" near the top of
-   ``debian/control``. You can install these any way you like, e.g.  with
+   ``debian/control.in``. You can install these any way you like, e.g.  with
    ``apt-get install``.
 
-Check your work by running ``dpkg-checkbuilddeps`` in the top level of your OVS
-directory. If you've installed all the dependencies properly,
-``dpkg-checkbuilddeps`` will exit without printing anything. If you forgot to
-install some dependencies, it will tell you which ones.
-
-4. Build the package::
-
-       $ fakeroot debian/rules binary
+4. Prepare the package source.
 
-   This will do a serial build that runs the unit tests. This will take
-   approximately 8 to 10 minutes. If you prefer, you can run a faster parallel
-   build::
+   If you want to build the package with DPDK support execute the following
+   command::
 
-       $ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='parallel=8' fakeroot debian/rules binary
+       $ ./boot.sh && ./configure --with-dpdk=shared && make debian
 
-   If you are in a big hurry, you can even skip the unit tests::
+   If not::
 
-       $ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='parallel=8 nocheck' fakeroot debian/rules binary
+       $ ./boot.sh && ./configure && make debian
 
-.. note::
-
-  There are a few pitfalls in the Debian packaging building system so that,
-  occasionally, you may find that in a tree that you have using for a while,
-  the build command above exits immediately without actually building anything.
-  To fix the problem, run::
+Check your work by running ``dpkg-checkbuilddeps`` in the top level of your OVS
+directory. If you've installed all the dependencies properly,
+``dpkg-checkbuilddeps`` will exit without printing anything. If you forgot to
+install some dependencies, it will tell you which ones.
 
-      $ fakeroot debian/rules clean
+5. Build the package::
 
-  or start over from a fresh copy of the source tree.
+       $ make debian-deb
 
 5. The generated .deb files will be in the parent directory of the Open vSwitch
    source distribution.