[ovs-dev] [ovn-controller-vtep V3 2/7] ovn-sb: Remove the "Gateway" table from the ovn-sb schema.

[Alex Wang]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 04:23:14PM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote:
> > On 07/15/2015 04:03 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:09:21PM -0700, Alex Wang wrote:
> > >> With you suggestion, first, the logical port name in ovn-nb can be
> > >> duplicated.
> > >> And if that is allowed, we need to pass the "options" down to ovn-sb
> > >> Binding table to uniquely binding the vtep lport to vtep chassis.
> > >
> > > I'm starting to wonder whether we need global uniqueness for logical
> > > port names, or just uniqueness within a logical datapath.
> > >
> >
> > I think it has to be globally unique, right?  ovn-controller uses the
> > port name to match ports that appear on the local switch to a logical
> > port.  How would we match the exact logical port if it's not globally
> > unique?
>
> We'd have to introduce some context to identify the logical datapath as
> well.  It may not be worth it; it was an idle thought.
>


So, should we design that now?  or later?