[ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: Patch ports are not targeted for upstream.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Jul 12 15:28:16 UTC 2012


Thanks, I pushed this to master.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:24:46AM -0700, Gurucharan Shetty wrote:
> Looks good to me.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > The previous text was ambiguous.
> >
> > Reported-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at openvz.org>
> > CC: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> > ---
> >  AUTHORS |    1 +
> >  FAQ     |   16 ++++++++++------
> >  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> > index 1ed820c..2c1a48c 100644
> > --- a/AUTHORS
> > +++ b/AUTHORS
> > @@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ John Galgay             john at galgay.net
> >  Kevin Mancuso           kevin.mancuso at rackspace.com
> >  Kirill Kabardin
> >  Koichi Yagishita        yagishita.koichi at jrc.co.jp
> > +Konstantin Khorenko     khorenko at openvz.org
> >  Krishna Miriyala        krishna at nicira.com
> >  Luca Falavigna          dktrkranz at debian.org
> >  Luiz Henrique Ozaki     luiz.ozaki at gmail.com
> > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
> > index 4ad8c43..91f4007 100644
> > --- a/FAQ
> > +++ b/FAQ
> > @@ -143,12 +143,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later
> > does not include
> >           kernel module from the Open vSwitch distribution instead of the
> >           upstream Linux kernel module.
> >
> > -       - Tunnel and patch virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type
> > -         "gre", "ipsec_gre", "capwap", or "patch".  It is possible to
> > -         create tunnels in Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch as
> > -         system devices.  However, they cannot be dynamically created
> > -         through the OVSDB protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow
> > -         action.
> > +       - Tunnel virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "gre",
> > +         "ipsec_gre", "capwap".  It is possible to create tunnels in
> > +         Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch as system devices.
> > +         However, they cannot be dynamically created through the OVSDB
> > +         protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow action.
> >
> >           Work is in progress in adding these features to the upstream
> >           Linux version of the Open vSwitch kernel module.  For now, if
> > @@ -156,6 +155,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later
> > does not include
> >           vSwitch distribution instead of the upstream Linux kernel
> >           module.
> >
> > +       - Patch virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "patch".
> > +         You can use Linux "veth" devices as a substitute.
> > +
> > +         We don't have any plans to add patch ports upstream.
> > +
> >  Q: What features are not available when using the userspace datapath?
> >
> >  A: Tunnel and patch virtual ports are not supported, as described in the
> > --
> > 1.7.2.5
> >
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