[ovs-dev] openflow 1.1

YAMAMOTO Takashi yamamoto at valinux.co.jp
Wed Jun 22 01:23:58 UTC 2011


hi,

> On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:13 AM, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> 
>>> I just wanted to add that OpenFlow 1.1 was a proving ground for a bunch of new concepts.  The ONF, which is now leading the development of the OpenFlow standard, is working to formalize many of these into a new standard, of which many of us are deeply involved.
>> 
>> is a working draft of the new standard or something like that
>> available?
> 
> 
> It's not that far along yet.  In fact, the first official meeting is Tuesday:
> 
> 	http://www.opennetworkingfoundation.org/?p=56
> 
> A group of us that were involved in previous OpenFlow releases have been discussing changes to make it more flexible and retain many of the 1.1 features, but they're merely suggestions at this point.  The actual working groups will be formed soon and official proposals should spin out of that.  No timelines have yet been discussed.

thanks.

do you think implementing OF1.1 MPLS stuff at this point will likely
be a waste of time?

YAMAMOTO Takashi

> 
> --Justin



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