[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] New qos type linux-noop

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 02:00:19PM +0530, bschanmu at redhat.com wrote:
> Linux ``No operation'' qos type is used to inform the vswitch that the
> traffic control for the port is managed externally. Any configuration values
> set for this type will have no effect.
> 
> This patch provides a solution suggested in this mail -
> http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-May/017687.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Babu Shanmugam <bschanmu at redhat.com>

Thanks, this is useful.

I folded in the following incremental and applied this to master.

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diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 25c8e61..7ae0b51 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -3384,13 +3384,11 @@
 
         <dt><code>linux-noop</code></dt>
         <dd>
-          <p>
-            Linux ``No operation.''  By default, Open vSwitch manages quality
-            of service on all of its configured ports.  This can be helpful,
-            but sometimes administrators prefer to use other software to manage
-            QoS.  This <ref column="type"/> prevents Open vSwitch from changing
-            the QoS configuration for a port.
-          </p>
+          Linux ``No operation.''  By default, Open vSwitch manages quality of
+          service on all of its configured ports.  This can be helpful, but
+          sometimes administrators prefer to use other software to manage QoS.
+          This <ref column="type"/> prevents Open vSwitch from changing the QoS
+          configuration for a port.
         </dd>
 
         <dt><code>egress-policer</code></dt>