[ovs-dev] OVS2.6+dpdk IPv6 Conntrack support

Tue Dec 13 07:42:06 UTC 2016

2016-12-12 3:21 GMT-08:00 Sridhar Gaddam <sgaddam at redhat.com>:
> Hello,
>
> In our setup, we are using OVS 2.6+dpdk and are noticing that conntrack for
> IPv6 traffic is NOT working.
> However, the same use-case works fine for Ipv4 traffic.
>
> We had a look at OVS 2.6 release notes[1], and it mentions that "Basic
> connection tracking for the user space datapath (no ALG, fragmentation or
> NAT support yet) is supported".
> There is no explicit mention of IPv6. So, can someone please confirm if
> conntrack for IPv6 is supported in OVS2.6+dpdk?
>
> [1] https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/NEWS

IPv6 should be supported.  There are a few testcases in the system
userspace testsuite (`make check-system-userspace`) that cover that.

Could you tell us more about your setup?

>
> Thank you,
> --Sridhar.
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