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diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian b/debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian index b38662be0..7556844a1 100644 --- a/debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian +++ b/debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian @@ -6,36 +6,36 @@ Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways to obtain one. In order of increasing manual effort, these are: * Use a Linux kernel 3.3 or later, which has an integrated Open - vSwitch kernel module. + vSwitch kernel module. - The upstream Linux kernel module lacks a few features that - are in the third-party module. For details, please see the - FAQ, "What features are not available in the Open vSwitch - kernel datapath that ships as part of the upstream Linux - kernel?". + The upstream Linux kernel module lacks a few features that + are in the third-party module. For details, please see the + FAQ, "What features are not available in the Open vSwitch + kernel datapath that ships as part of the upstream Linux + kernel?". * Install the "openvswitch-datapath-dkms" Debian package that - you built earlier. This should automatically build and - install the Open vSwitch kernel module for your running - kernel. + you built earlier. This should automatically build and + install the Open vSwitch kernel module for your running + kernel. - This option requires that you have a compiler and toolchain - installed on the machine where you run Open vSwitch, which - may be unacceptable in some production server environments. + This option requires that you have a compiler and toolchain + installed on the machine where you run Open vSwitch, which + may be unacceptable in some production server environments. * Install the "openvswitch-datapath-source" Debian package, use - "module-assistant" to build a Debian package of the Open - vSwitch kernel module for your kernel, and then install that - Debian package. - - You can install the kernel module Debian packages that you - build this way on the same machine where you built it or on - another machine or machines, which means that you don't - necessarily have to have any build infrastructure on the - machines where you use the kernel module. - - /usr/share/doc/openvswitch-datapath-source/README.Debian has - details on the build process. + "module-assistant" to build a Debian package of the Open + vSwitch kernel module for your kernel, and then install that + Debian package. + + You can install the kernel module Debian packages that you + build this way on the same machine where you built it or on + another machine or machines, which means that you don't + necessarily have to have any build infrastructure on the + machines where you use the kernel module. + + /usr/share/doc/openvswitch-datapath-source/README.Debian has + details on the build process. * Build and install the kernel module by hand. |