[ovs-dev] Implementation of Packet-Out in Bundles

[Ben Pfaff]

Tests like the ones in ofproto.at, which test functionality, are more
important than the ones in ofp-print.at, which test message decoding and
printing, but it's best to have both.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 09:57:48PM +0000, André Mantas wrote:
> Ok, makes sense. So I should focus on making similar tests to the ones in
> ofproto.at? Or these are also important?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> escreveu no dia sexta, 26/02/2016 às 20:35:
> 
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 08:07:32PM +0000, André Mantas wrote:
> > > I've seen some examples in ofp-print.at, ofproto.at and was trying to
> > > figure them out so I could add more.
> > >
> > > (ofp-print.at)
> > > AT_SETUP([OFPT_BUNDLE_ADD_MESSAGE - PORT_MOD])
> > > AT_KEYWORDS([ofp-print])
> > > AT_CHECK([ovs-ofctl ofp-print "\
> > > 05 22 00 38 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 \
> > > 05 10 00 28 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 \
> > > 50 54 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 \
> > > 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 01
> > > "], [0], [dnl
> > > OFPT_BUNDLE_ADD_MESSAGE (OF1.4) (xid=0x3):
> > >  bundle_id=0x1 flags=atomic
> > > OFPT_PORT_MOD (OF1.4) (xid=0x3): port: 3: addr:50:54:00:00:00:01
> > >      config: PORT_DOWN
> > >      mask:   PORT_DOWN
> > >      advertise: 10MB-HD
> > > ])
> > >
> > > From ofproto.at I can see that:
> > >
> > > 05 - OpenFlow14 message
> > > 22 - OFPT_BUNDLE_ADD_MESSAGE (?)
> > >
> > > I also tried to search for ovs-ofctl ofp-print syntax or help but
> > couldn't
> > > find it.
> > >
> > > Any help?
> >
> > ofp-print takes a hexdump of an OpenFlow message and prints it on stdout
> > with ofp_print() from lib/ofp-print.c.  It's there to test decoding and
> > printing OpenFlow messages.
> >
> > It's not documented because it's meant for internal testing, not as an
> > end user interface.
> >