Compiling and Installing OVS with the Napatech Modifications

Build and install OVS with the Napatech modifications.

1. Locate the OVS folder in the unpacked Link-Virtualization™ Software package directory and change to that directory.
   For example:

   cd <package_root_directory>/ovs-hwaccel/ovs-hwaccel-<version>

   where:

   • package_root_directory is the path to the unpacked Napatech package
   • version is the version identifier of the included OVS package
2. Compile and install OVS.

   ./boot.sh
   ./configure --with-dpdk=shared CFLAGS="-Ofast \
   -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API -msse4.2 -mpopcnt -march=native"
   
   make
   make install
   

3. Verify that the OVS package is installed.

   which ovsdb-tool

   The default OVS installation directory is /usr/local/bin/.

   An output example:

   /usr/local/bin/ovsdb-tool