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

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at openvz.org
Fri Jul 13 09:25:04 UTC 2012


Hi Ben,

thank you very much, now the FAQ explanation is definitely clear.

--
Konstantin

On 07/12/2012 07:08 PM, Ben Pfaff 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



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