[ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: add an entry for MAC learning + VLAN

YAMAMOTO Takashi yamamoto at valinux.co.jp
Thu Jun 26 04:00:33 UTC 2014


> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:07:31AM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto at valinux.co.jp>
>> ---
>>  FAQ | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
>> index 79d905d..c2520fc 100644
>> --- a/FAQ
>> +++ b/FAQ
>> @@ -1124,6 +1124,12 @@ A: Do you have a controller configured on br0 (as the commands above
>>     OpenFlow controller doesn't see the VLANs that I expect," and you
>>     can refer to the answer there for more information.
>>  
>> +Q: How MAC learning works with VLANs?
>> +
>> +A: Open vSwitch implements Independent VLAN Learning (IVL) for
>> +   OFPP_NORMAL action.  I.e. it logically has separate learning tables
>> +   for each VLANs.
>> +
>>  
> 
> Multicast snooping works in the same way (separated by vlans), but
> I am afraid there is no special term for it.

i'll leave this for you. :-)

> Acked-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com>

thank you.  applied.

YAMAMOTO Takashi



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