[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 00/10] OVN support for Neutron provider networks

[Russell Bryant]

On 07/21/2015 07:10 PM, Salvatore Orlando wrote:
> I reckon that this approach makes sense, as it alters very little OVN's
> northbound schema; moreover at first glance I do not see in the patch
> series any change to the OVN pipeline.
> 
> Also mapping neutron provider networks extension onto OVN should not be
> too difficult. Perhaps neutron will have to do something to keep track
> of all the OVN logical switches composing a neutron provider network.
> Something might be added to this aim to the Northbound schema but I do
> not thing that it would be a requirement at this stage.

Logical_Port and Logical_Switch in OVN_Northbound both have an
external:ids column we can use to tack on whatever extra data makes
Neutron's life easier.  I havne't really thought through exactly how the
plugin will implement this, but it seems like it should be easy enough.  :-)

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Russell Bryant