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diff --git a/network/openvswitch-utils/README b/network/openvswitch-utils/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1efa3d3dcc --- /dev/null +++ b/network/openvswitch-utils/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Open vSwitch is a multilayer software switch licensed under the open +source Apache 2 license. The goal is to implement a production quality +switch platform that supports standard management interfaces and opens the +forwarding functions to programmatic extension and control. + +Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM +environments. In addition to exposing standard control and visibility +interfaces to the virtual networking layer, it was designed to support +distribution across multiple physical servers. Open vSwitch supports +multiple Linux-based virtualization technologies including Xen/XenServer, +KVM, and VirtualBox. + +Note: This package builds only the Open vSwitch userspace utilities, and +it is incompatible with 'openvswitch' package found on SlackBuilds.org +website. The stock Slackware kernel has been shipping Open vSwitch support +for a while now, and these utilities take this advantage into account +while providing a different approach to Open vSwitch management. + +See README.SLACKWARE (which is also installed with the package docs) for +setup, configuration, and usage hints. |