[ovs-dev] [netlink 00/16] convert Open vSwitch datapath to use Netlink

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Sep 10 22:55:00 UTC 2010


Netlink is the standard way to configure the Linux networking stack.
This patch series converts the Open vSwitch datapath to use it instead
of ioctls on a character device.

This patch series repeats and supplants the "kill-dp-port" 3-patch
series and the "datapath: Remove implementation of port groups" from
a few weeks ago.

The final commit is not ready yet (see the commit message for details) and
hence there is no Signed-off-by on that patch, but it should still be
valuable place from which to begin review.





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