[meta-virtualization] [PATCH] openvswitch: Turn off ssl integration by default

[Bruce Ashfield]

merged.

Bruce

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 6:44 PM, Jason Wessel <jason.wessel at windriver.com> wrote:
> The openssl library is an optional component for the openvswitch.  The
> problem with it enabled by default is that it will consume system
> entropy to try to initialize the openssl library even though we are not
> using it by default.  With the 4.16 kernel and up there is not always
> enough entropy available at the early boot time which can cause a
> lengthy stall, while waiting to initialize the openvswitch.
>
> If ssl is needed, it can of course be turned on with the package
> config option "ssl".
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel at windriver.com>
> ---
>  recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
> index 4a6002a..4cd82d7 100644
> --- a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
> +++ b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ DPDK_INSTALL_DIR ?= "/opt/dpdk"
>  PACKAGECONFIG ?= "libcap-ng"
>  PACKAGECONFIG[dpdk] = "--with-dpdk=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${DPDK_INSTALL_DIR}/share/${TARGET_ARCH}-native-linuxapp-gcc,,dpdk,dpdk"
>  PACKAGECONFIG[libcap-ng] = "--enable-libcapng,--disable-libcapng,libcap-ng,"
> +PACKAGECONFIG[ssl] = ",--disable-ssl,openssl,"
>
>  # Don't compile kernel modules by default since it heavily depends on
>  # kernel version. Use the in-kernel module for now.
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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