[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] Add FAQ entries around the VXLAN support in Open vSwitch.

[Justin Pettit]

On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Kyle Mestery <kmestery at cisco.com> wrote:

> +Q: How much of the VXLAN protocol does Open vSwitch currently support?
> +
> +A: Open vSwitch currently supports the framing format for packets on the
> +   wire. There is currently no support for the multicast aspects of VXLAN
> +   when dealing with broadcast packets. To get around the lack of multicast
> +   support, it is possible to pre-provision MAC to IP address mappings either
> +   manually or from a controller.

Multicast is used for more than just inner broadcast, right?  For example, isn't also used for unknown dest mac?  If you agree, I think you can drop the "when dealing with broadcast packets" part.

--Justin