[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ofproto-dpif: Receive special packets on patch ports.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Sat Feb 16 22:57:25 UTC 2013


Yes, I'm in favor of merging it now, sorry if that wasn't clear.

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 02:27:06PM -0800, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> I agree. If its alright I'd like to merge this as is, to fix the
> problem. And then next week ill take some time to figure out what the
> appropriate approach is.
> 
> Ethan (iPhone)
> 
> On Feb 16, 2013, at 13:02, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:31:36PM -0800, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> >> Commit 0a740f48293 (ofproto-dpif: Implement patch ports in
> >> userspace.) allowed special packets (i.e. LACP, CFM, etc) to be
> >> sent on patch ports, but not received.  This patch implements the
> >> logic required to receive special packets on patch ports.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>
> > 
> > This seems reasonable but we're getting to have a good deal of
> > duplicated code here so we should consider whether it's possible to
> > factor some of it out.



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