[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Allow to create tunnel ports with the same config

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Thu Nov 19 05:12:26 UTC 2020


On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 10:35:01PM -0500, Ihar Hrachyshka wrote:
> It's a legal setup where tunnel ports with the same config are created
> on different bridges served by Open vSwitch. Specifically, multiple
> OVN controllers may emulate multiple chassis running on the same
> physical host, in which case they may need to create separate tunnel
> ports to connect to the same remote chassis on their respective
> bridges.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys at redhat.com>

That makes sense for sending packets, but which one is supposed to
receive a packet when one arrives for that tunnel?


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