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diff --git a/network/openvswitch-utils/README b/network/openvswitch-utils/README index 1efa3d3dccf27..53793d8348280 100644 --- a/network/openvswitch-utils/README +++ b/network/openvswitch-utils/README @@ -1,20 +1,21 @@ 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. +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. +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. +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. |