[ovs-dev] Purpose of ofputil_dl_type_from_openflow()

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:33:31AM +0700, Simon Horman wrote:
> ofputil_dl_type_from_openflow() translates between
> OFP_DL_TYPE_NOT_ETH_TYPE and FLOW_DL_TYPE_NONE, however
> both are defined as 0x5ff. Is there a reason for this?

We try to keep internal values somewhat abstracted from OpenFlow
constants.  OFP_DL_TYPE_NOT_ETH_TYPE is what OpenFlow defines,
FLOW_DL_TYPE_NONE is the corresponding "struct flow" value.