[ovs-dev] [PATCH 05/18] ofproto: Make set_pvconns() aware of OpenFlow versions
Simon Horman
horms at verge.net.au
Tue Nov 6 01:39:12 UTC 2012
On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 10:23:10PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:35:53AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > Paramatise the allowed OpenFlow verion for snoops.
> > This is in preparation for making the allow OpenFlow verions to
> > be configured.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>
>
> Snoops are pretty odd. With them, the goal is to allow some program to
> spy on the conversation between a switch and its controller, for
> debugging and troubleshooting purposes. For that reason, we don't
> really want to negotiate versions the same way as for other connections.
> One reasonable option would be to force the same version being used for
> the current controller connection.
Thanks, I think that makes sense.
I'll see about making it so.
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