[ovs-dev] [flow-compat 0/7] userspace support for kernel flow evolution

[Ben Pfaff]

I was hoping that you and Jesse could work out who has precedence.

On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 04:56:14PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> Who is the appropriate person to review this?  If it's me, how urgent is it?
> 
> Ethan
> 
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 16:44, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 04:43:12PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >> The Netlink flow key attribute structure is designed to allow the
> >> kernel to add support for new protocols over time without breaking
> >> userspace applications, but the userspace side of this had not been
> >> implemented. ?This series implements it.
> >>
> >> I already have some proposed changes out that would specify rules for
> >> changing the kernel flow key format over time:
> >> http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2011-November/012588.html. ?Those
> >> rules would change the existing kernel flow key format a bit. ?This commit
> >> doesn't depend on or implement those changes.
> >
> > Also, I tested an earlier form of this series, but I haven't re-tested
> > the final version that I posted. ?Obviously that would be necessary
> > before I commit it.
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