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Reporting Bugs in Open vSwitch
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We are eager to hear from users about problems that they have
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encountered with Open vSwitch. This file documents how best to report
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bugs so as to ensure that they can be fixed as quickly as possible.
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Please report bugs by sending email to bugs@openvswitch.org.
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The most important parts of your bug report are the following:
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* What you did that make the problem appear.
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* What you expected to happen.
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* What actually happened.
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Please also include the following information:
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* The Open vSwitch version number (as output by "ovs-vswitchd
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* The Git commit number (as output by "git rev-parse HEAD"),
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if you built from a Git snapshot.
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* Any local patches or changes you have applied (if any).
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The following are also handy sometimes:
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* The kernel version on which Open vSwitch is running (from
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/proc/version) and the distribution and version number of
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your OS (e.g. "Centos 5.0").
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* The contents of the vswitchd configuration database (usually
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/etc/openvswitch/conf.db).
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* The output of "ovs-dpctl show".
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* If you have Open vSwitch configured to connect to an
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OpenFlow controller, the output of "ovs-ofctl show <bridge>"
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for each <bridge> configured in the vswitchd configuration
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* A fix or workaround, if you have one.
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* Any other information that you think might be relevant.
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bugs@openvswitch.org is a public mailing list, to which anyone can
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subscribe, so please do not include confidential information in your
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http://openvswitch.org/