[ovs-dev] how to use ofctl/packet-out command???

[Ben Pfaff]

This doesn't make sense to me.  Packet-Out messages don't go through the
flow table (unless they contain resubmit or goto-table actions).

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 02:16:54AM +0000, lin huang wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
>          If I want to redirect the data from the controller which send the Packet Out message to OVS, do I need to add a flow rules like “in_port=controller,action=output:xxx” ???
> 
> Thank for you help!
> 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:blp at ovn.org]
> >>Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2017 5:17 AM
> >>To: lin huang <miterv at outlook.com>
> >>Cc: dev at openvswitch.org
> >>Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] how to use ofctl/packet-out command???
> >>
> >>On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 09:04:41AM +0000, lin huang wrote:
> >>>          I want to redirect packet-out message to a specific port. Is there
> >>an example for me??
> >>> Or someone who could teach me to use this feature??
> >>
> >>To output to a port, use that port number as the action.