[ovs-discuss] ofp_action_enqueue w/ OFPP_LOCAL

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Mon Sep 12 22:09:41 UTC 2011


On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 03:07:22PM -0700, Vjekoslav Brajkovic wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 07:56:11AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > It's because OpenFlow 1.0 says that the port in ofp_action_enqueue
> > should "refer to a valid physical port (i.e. < OFPP_MAX) or
> > OFPP_IN_PORT."  OFPP_LOCAL isn't either of those.
> 
> In that case, I'll redirect my question to openflow-spec mailing list, 
> since this kind of a behaviour does not make much sense.

Fair enough.

What are you trying to accomplish by queuing to an internal port?  It
does not, off-hand, sound useful.



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