[ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath: add support for flows with wildcarded MAC addresses

[Jesse Gross]

Just install an OpenFlow flow using ovs-ofctl that wildcards the MAC
address and see if it gets translated properly.

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Michio Honda <Michio.Honda at neclab.eu> wrote:
> OK, I check... But could you give me an example of how to specify wildcarded MAC addresses
> with a dpctl command? I cannot find any such example from Google...
>
> Cheers,
> - Michio
> ________________________________________
> From: Jesse Gross [jesse at nicira.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:05 PM
> To: Michio Honda
> Cc: dev at openvswitch.org; Roberto Bifulco; Joao Martins; Saverio Niccolini
> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath: add support for flows with wildcarded MAC addresses
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Michio Honda <Michio.Honda at neclab.eu> wrote:
>> OpenFlow 1.1 and later allow for this.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michio Honda <michio.honda at neclab.eu>
>
> This patch does not add support for wildcarded MAC addresses as that
> is already possible.
>
> What it actually does is allow for packets without an Ethernet header,
> which does not make sense as the rest of the code doesn't support
> that.