[ovs-dev] [question] Does OVS support static datapath flow?

[Justin Pettit]

> On Jun 30, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Zhang Haoyu <yuzhou at mogujie.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Does ovs support static datapath flow,
> if it does, how to add a static datapath flow?

You can technically do it with "ovs-dpctl add-flow", but I wouldn't recommend it.

> And, how to change default expiration time of dp-flow ?

Flows don't expire in the datapath; userspace (ovs-vswitchd) handles their maintenance.

--Justin