[OpenWrt-Devel] Openvswitch package not available in trunk

Alexandru Ardelean ardeleanalex at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 05:05:21 EDT 2015


Will make some more time to try this.

Thanks for testing

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Florian Siebertz <
florian.siebertz at inf.h-brs.de> wrote:

> Today I compiled with your fork and everything seemed fine at first.
> After flashing to a TP-Link WDR3600 Router I can see the ovsdb-server
> running
> and <ovs-vsctl show> reveals the usual String ID.
>
> When I try to add a bridge with <ovs-vsctl add-br br0> the command does
> not return
> to the input prompt. After pressing ctrl+c and checking <ovs-vsctl show>
> it seems like
> the bridge was created. The same happens when adding ports or changing any
> settings on the bridge.
>
> Additionally, the switch does not connect to the controller. I'm not sure
> how to debug
> this further, but if you have an idea I will test it on the device.
>
>
> Am 07.08.2015 um 16:14 schrieb Alexandru Ardelean:
> > @Florian
> > So, I took some time today to patch a bit of support for OVS to compile
> on
> > OpenWRT with kernel 4.1
> >
> > Can you pull this from my fork and test it out a bit ?
> > Branch is here: https://github.com/commodo/packages/tree/ovs-kernel-4.1
> > Commit is this one:
> >
> https://github.com/commodo/packages/commit/de519aac8c751cd8744d839efd071cdf02891db1
> >
> > If you need a tarball, send me a message and I can prepare one, or maybe
> > Github has a download zip/tar button per branches somewhere not sure.
> >
> > Anyway, I'd appreciate if you took the time to test it out a bit.
> > I'm a bit swamped and don't have time to do proper testing ; to be
> honest I
> > just made it build, and I haven't managed to get hold of a device with
> > which to actually test it.
> > If all is good I'll add a PR into the official OpenWRT packages.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Alexandru Ardelean <
> ardeleanalex at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I will admit I only tested with x86.
> >> I ASSumed that it's on kernel 4.1.
> >>
> >> Will check again and try to spin up a patch for kernel 4.1.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Florian Siebertz <
> >> florian.siebertz at inf.h-brs.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thank you for your work, i really appreciate it.
> >>> Now the package is back, but at compilation it fails when
> >>> checking against the kernel version:
> >>>
> >>> (cd
> >>>
> /home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/openvswitch-2.4.0/./;
> >>> if [ -x ./configure ]; then find
> >>>
> /home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/openvswitch-2.4.0/
> >>> -name config.guess | xargs -r chmod u+w; find
> >>>
> /home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/openvswitch-2.4.0/
> >>> -name config.guess | xargs -r -n1 cp --remove-destination
> >>> /home/administrator/openwrt/scripts/config.guess; find
> >>>
> /home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/openvswitch-2.4.0/
> >>> -name config.sub | xargs -r chmod u+w; find
> >>>
> /home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/openvswitch-2.4.0/
> >>> -name config.sub | xargs -r -n1 cp --remove-destination
> >>> /home/administrator/openwrt/scripts/config.sub;
> >>> AR="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc-ar" AS="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc -c
> -Os
> >>> -pipe -mno-branch-likely -mips32r2 -mtune=34kc -fno-caller-saves
> >>> -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float
> -Wformat !
> >>>  -Werror=fo
> >>> rmat-security -fstack-protector -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -Wl,-z,now
> >>> -Wl,-z,relro -mno-mips16 -mno-interlink-mips16 -flto -std=gnu99"
> >>> LD=mips-openwrt-linux-musl-ld NM="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc-nm"
> >>> CC="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc" GCC="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc"
> >>> CXX="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-g++"
> >>> RANLIB="mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc-ranlib"
> >>> STRIP=mips-openwrt-linux-musl-strip
> OBJCOPY=mips-openwrt-linux-musl-objcopy
> >>> OBJDUMP=mips-openwrt-linux-musl-objdump
> SIZE=mips-openwrt-linux-musl-size
> >>> CFLAGS="-Os -pipe -mno-branch-likely -mips32r2 -mtune=34kc
> >>> -fno-caller-saves -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable
> >>> -msoft-float -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fstack-protector
> >>> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro -mno-mips16
> >>> -mno-interlink-mips16 -flto -std=gnu99 " CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe
> >>> -mno-branch-likely -mips32r2 -mtune=34kc -fno-caller-saves
> -fhonour-copts
> >>> -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float -Wformat
> >>> -Werror=format-security -fstack-protector -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1!
> >>>   -Wl,-z,no
> >>> w -Wl,-z,relro -mno-mips16 -mno-interlink-mips16 -flto -std=gnu99 "
> >>>
> CPPFLAGS="-I/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/usr/include
> >>>
> -I/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/include
> >>>
> -I/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_musl-1.1.10/usr/include
> >>>
> -I/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_musl-1.1.10/include/fortify
> >>>
> -I/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_musl-1.1.10/include
> >>> "
> >>>
> LDFLAGS="-L/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/usr/lib
> >>>
> -L/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/lib
> >>>
> -L/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_musl-1.1.10/usr/lib
> >>>
> -L/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_musl-1.1.10/lib
> >>> -znow -zrelro "   ./configure --target=mips-openwrt-linux
> >>> --host=mips-openwrt-linux --build!
> >>>  =x86_64-li
> >>> nux-gnu --program-prefix="" --program-suffix="" --prefix=/usr
> >>> --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin
> >>> --libexecdir=/usr/lib --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share
> >>> --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/man --infodir=/usr/info
> --disable-nls
> >>>
> _python_sysroot="/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10"
> >>> _python_prefix="/usr" _python_exec_prefix="/usr"
> >>>
> --with-linux=/home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/linux-ar71xx_generic/linux-4.1.3
> >>> --with-rundir=/var/run --enable-ndebug --disable-ssl --enable-shared ;
> fi; )
> >>>
> >>> [...] (a bunch of checks)
> >>>
> >>> checking for kernel version... 4.1.3
> >>> configure: error: Linux kernel in
> >>>
> /home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/linux-ar71xx_generic/linux-4.1.3
> >>> is version 4.1.3, but version newer than 4.0.x is not supported (please
> >>> refer to the FAQ for advice)
> >>> make[3]: ***
> >>>
> [/home/administrator/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/openvswitch-2.4.0/.configured_yyyyyyyy]
> >>> Error 1
> >>> make[3]: Leaving directory
> >>> `/home/administrator/openwrt/feeds/packages/net/openvswitch'
> >>> make[2]: *** [package/feeds/packages/openvswitch/compile] Error 2
> >>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/administrator/openwrt'
> >>> make[1]: ***
> >>>
> [/home/administrator/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.10/stamp/.package_compile]
> >>> Error 2
> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/administrator/openwrt'
> >>> make: *** [world] Error 2
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Am 04.08.2015 um 16:08 schrieb Alexandru Ardelean:
> >>>> Took some 20-30 minutes to upgrade OVS and test it (with kernel 4.1).
> >>>> Seems to work fine so far.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please monitor this PR; after it's merged it should appear.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Alexandru Ardelean <
> >>> ardeleanalex at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Well, OpenVSwitch is a bit behind on kernel support.
> >>>>> It's at 3.18 currently.
> >>>>> OpenWRT is at 4.1
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We'd need to do an upgrade of OVS to get it up to speed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Florian Siebertz <
> >>>>> florian.siebertz at inf.h-brs.de> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> i noticed that the openvswitch package is not available in trunk at
> >>> the
> >>>>>> moment. It is not in the precompiled snapshots, neither can it be
> >>>>>> choosen in 'make menuconfig'. (Yes, i did ./scripts/feeds
> >>>>>> [update|install] -a).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Does anyone know why and when it will be back?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Florian Siebertz
> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>> openwrt-devel mailing list
> >>>>>> openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org
> >>>>>> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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