[ovs-dev] OVS development - beginner

[Ben Pfaff]

I'd start by reading PORTING.

On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 10:58:45AM -0800, Ra Alva wrote:
> Sorry I guess I was not elaborate. Actually I need to implement a
> garbage collector for an Openflow network. Would be great if you could
> please let me know what my first steps should be to get familiar with
> OVS and the code? And also if there is anything else important for me
> to go through.
> 
> Regards
> 
> ________________________________
>  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 10:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] OVS development - beginner
>  
> 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.