[ovs-dev] OVS development - beginner

[Ben Pfaff]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:04:51PM -0800, Ra Alva wrote:
> I am going to start a project on OVS. I am a complete beginner
> here. Precisely my task deals with optimizing the usage of flow
> tables in OVS.
>
> Could someone please tell me what my first steps should be to get
> familiar with OVS and the code? What are the most important things
> to do at first? Also, for my task is there any thing specific I need
> to go through or get familiar with?

What do you mean by "optimizing the usage of flow tables in OVS"?
It's hard to tell what you should do, before you explain what you want
to do.