[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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