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1 | Reporting Bugs in Open vSwitch |
| 2 | ============================== | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | We are eager to hear from users about problems that they have | |
| 5 | encountered with Open vSwitch. This file documents how best to report | |
| 6 | bugs so as to ensure that they can be fixed as quickly as possible. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | Please report bugs by sending email to bugs@openvswitch.org. Include | |
| 9 | as much of the following information as you can in your report: | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | * The Open vSwitch version number (as output by "ovs-vswitchd | |
| 12 | --version"). | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | * The Git commit number (as output by "git rev-parse HEAD"), | |
| 15 | if you built from a Git snapshot. | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | * Any local patches or changes you have applied (if any). | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | * The kernel version on which Open vSwitch is running (from | |
| 20 | /proc/version) and the distribution and version number of | |
| 21 | your OS (e.g. "Centos 5.0"). | |
| 22 | ||
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23 | * The contents of the vswitchd configuration database (usually |
| 24 | /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db). | |
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25 | |
| 26 | * The output of "ovs-dpctl show". | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | * If you have Open vSwitch configured to connect to an | |
| 29 | OpenFlow controller, the output of "ovs-ofctl show <bridge>" | |
| 30 | for each <bridge> configured in the vswitchd configuration | |
| 31 | file. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | * A description of the problem, which should include: | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | - What you did that make the problem appear. | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | - What you expected to happen. | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | - What actually happened. | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | * A fix or workaround, if you have one. | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | * Any other information that you think might be relevant. | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | bugs@openvswitch.org is a public mailing list, to which anyone can | |
| 46 | subscribe, so please do not include confidential information in your | |
| 47 | bug report. | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | Contact | |
| 50 | ------- | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | bugs@openvswitch.org | |
| 53 | http://openvswitch.org/ |