[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ovn: add name column to logical switch table

Thomas Graf tgraf at noironetworks.com
Tue Mar 17 22:27:21 UTC 2015


On 03/17/15 at 05:58pm, Russell Bryant wrote:
> +    <column name="name">
> +      <p>
> +        A name for the logical switch.  This name has no special meaning or purpose
> +        other than to provide convenience for human interaction with the ovn-nb
> +        database.  There is no requirement for the name to be unique.  The
> +        logical switch's UUID should be used as the unique identifier.
> +      </p>
> +    </column>
> +

Maybe require the name to be unique like ovsdb bridge names? I realize
it's not needed for technical reasons but it would simplify debugging.

So maybe replace description with something like this:
Must be unique among the names of logical switches and logical ports,



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