[ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: Add FAQ entry about flow normalization.

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Wed Jul 11 07:52:36 UTC 2012


On Jul 11, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> +A: The term "normalization" in the log message means that a flow
> +   cannot match on an L3 field without saying what L3 protocol is in
> +   use.  The "ovs-ofctl" command above didn't say, so the L3 field
> +   match was dropped.

Maybe I'm just tired, but my first couple readings of that last sentence expected something to follow "say", as in ovs-ofctl didn't output something to the screen that was expected.  What about changing "didn't say" to "is ambiguous"?

It's a good addition.  Thanks.

--Justin





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