[ovs-dev] OVS development - beginner

[Ben Pfaff]

Open vSwitch already has features for that.  What do you propose to
add?

On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 01:20:19PM -0800, Ra Alva wrote:
> Hello Ben,
> 
> My task is to minimize the consumption of flow tables by flow enties
> (in other words, preventing the over-population of flow tables by
> flow enties) since the flow tables are of limited size.
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> To: Ra Alva <ra_ovs at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: OVS <dev at openvswitch.org> 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] OVS development - beginner
>  
> 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.