[ovs-dev] data path flow addition error in ovs 2.5

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 01:51:58PM +0530, Prasannaa Vengatesan wrote:
> I am using the following version of OVS (2.5.1) with datapath in kernel
> mode.
> 
> root at localhost:~# ovs-vsctl --version
> ovs-vsctl (Open vSwitch) 2.5.1
> 
> 
> When I try to add a flow in the data path I get error.

Why are you trying to add a flow to the datapath?  That is an
implementation detail, not meant for direct use by users.  Use ovs-ofctl
instead.