[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 06/13] ofp-parse: Parse (draft) OpenFlow 1.5 bucket ids

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Nov 11 17:15:51 UTC 2014


On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:39:22PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> This is part of support for (draft) OpenFlow 1.5 flow mod messages.
> 
> This adds support for specifying the bucket_id of buckets of groups in
> ovs-ofctl and documents that accordingly.
> 
> ONF-JIRA: EXT-350
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at netronome.com>
> 
> ---
> v2
> * As suggested by Ben Pfaff
>   - Use ONF-JIRA: EXT-350 annotation in changelog

Thanks!  I tweaked the documentation:

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index a6bbc97..b358ec8 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -1966,12 +1966,13 @@ The fields for \fIbucket_parameters\fR are:
 .
 .RS
 .IP \fBbucket_id=\fIid\fR
-The integer group id of the bucket.
+The 32-bit integer group id of the bucket.  Values greater than
+0xffffff00 are reserved.
 .
-This field was added in Open vSwtich 2.3 to conform with the
-OpenFlow 1.5 (draft) specification. It is not supported when
-earlier versions of OpenFlow are used. Internally Open vSwitch
-will allocate bucket ids if they are not specified using this field.
+This field was added in Open vSwitch 2.4 to conform with the OpenFlow
+1.5 (draft) specification. It is not supported when earlier versions
+of OpenFlow are used.  Open vSwitch will automatically allocate bucket
+ids when they are not specified.
 .IP \fBactions=\fR[\fIaction\fR][\fB,\fIaction\fR...]\fR
 The syntax of actions are identical to the \fBactions=\fR field described in
 \fBFlow Syntax\fR above. Specyfing \fBactions=\fR is optional, any unknown



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