[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2.40 3/7] ofp-actions: Add OFPUTIL_OFPAT13_PUSH_MPLS

Joe Stringer joe at wand.net.nz
Sun Sep 29 02:07:21 UTC 2013


I recall having a bit of discussion regarding this approach and whether to
change it, but I don't recall the issues around this.

Your suggestion sounds sane. What are your thoughts, Simon?


On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 09:18:32AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > From: Joe Stringer <joe at wand.net.nz>
> >
> > This patch adds a new compatibility enum for use with MPLS, so that the
> > differing behaviour between OpenFlow 1.2 and 1.3 can be implemented in
> > ofproto-dpif-xlate.
>
> It seems a little awkward to me to do this via a new OFPACT_, mostly
> because there isn't currently any distinction between OF1.1 and OF1.3 in
> terms of OFPACT_ definitions.  Did you consider adding a new field to
> struct ofpact_push_mpls that would say whether the label should be added
> before or after a VLAN tag?
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/attachments/20130929/99ba8e37/attachment-0003.html>


More information about the dev mailing list