[ovs-dev] Proposal for enabling dp_hash irrespective of OF version

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Mon Sep 25 15:30:52 UTC 2017


On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:15:55AM +0000, Nitin Katiyar wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a proposal to add a provision for using "dp_hash" as selection method (which can currently be used with OF1.5 based controllers only) irrespective of the OF version being used by controller.
> 
> The link for document is : https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Jiwbs0atV_Y8Vatj6SmQeB_qdM-AyHu8uhtsO6P-_8/edit?usp=sharing

This proposes adding a default selection method that could be set via
OVSDB.  This would probably work (I have not thought through the
implications), but the usual way that we would solve this kind of thing
in OVS is by making the features of the OF1.5 group_mod available in
earlier versions.


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