[ovs-dev] [ovs-announce] Task List for Open vSwitch Hackathon Sep. 6 and 7
Simon Horman
horms at verge.net.au
Sun Sep 1 13:22:41 UTC 2013
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On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 09:57:05PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> This email is an update for the initial hackathon plan that I sent out
> earlier this month. Everything in that email is still accurate. You
> can read the earlier email at:
> http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2013-August/000053.html
>
> The main purpose of this email is to answer questions I've had from a
> few people about what work needs to be done. If you want to volunteer
> for something (either on one of the lists below or something else),
> please mention it to me or on ovs-dev.
>
>
> Claimed Tasks
> -------------
>
> The following tasks have been tentatively claimed already:
>
> * Andy Zhou has volunteered to implement OFPT_TABLE_MOD. (He
> might implement the OF1.3 more flexible table miss support,
> which is related.)
>
> * I'm working on groups, based on code from Centec Networks, with
> some support from Simon Horman. (I hope to commit this before
> the hackathon begins.)
>
> * Simon Horman is working on MPLS.
>
>
> Unclaimed Tasks (Small, Required)
> ---------------------------------
>
> The following tasks could use volunteers. These tasks are all
> required for OpenFlow compliance. My guess is that an average
> developer could build any of these within the two days of the
> hackathon or less. Roughly in order of increasing amount of work:
>
> * OFPT_FLOW_MOD ability to delete flows in all tables.
>
> * Per-connection event filtering, e.g. OFPT_SET_ASYNC.
>
> * On-demand flow counters.
>
> * Rework tag order.
>
> * OpenFlow 1.3+ multipart requests infrastructure.
>
> * Implement Write-Actions instruction.
It seems to me that the logic required to martial write-actions
in such a way that actions act like an action set is also
needed by the actions of buckets of groups.
As such, I would like to put my hand up for write-actions.
>
>
> Unclaimed Tasks (Large, Optional)
> ---------------------------------
>
> The following tasks could also use volunteers. All of them are also,
> coincidentally, optional according to the OpenFlow specification. My
> guess is that each of these would require more than two days of work.
> Most of them require kernel work. (I don't realistically expect
> anyone to do these for the hackathon, but you never know.)
>
> * QinQ.
>
> * VLANs with 88a8 Ethertype.
>
> * OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES. (This requires the multipart requests
> infrastructure.)
>
> * Per-flow meters implementation for ofproto-dpif.
>
> * Auxiliary connections.
>
> * PBB tagging.
>
>
> Stickers
> --------
>
> The stickers are a go! I've ordered a batch of 5"x3" stickers labeled
> "I <3 OVS". They should arrive the week after the hackathon and then
> I'll mail them to anyone outside the Palo Alto local area. The
> design, by Duffie Cooley, is here:
> http://openvswitch.org/ovs-sticker.jpg
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