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

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Wed Jul 11 07:55:47 UTC 2012


On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:52:36AM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote:
> 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"?

Hmm.  How about s/didn't say/didn't specify an L3 protocol/?

> It's a good addition.  Thanks.

Thanks for the review.  With that change, I'll push this in a moment.



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