[ovs-discuss] query

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Wed Aug 29 14:37:08 UTC 2012


The Linux kernel module caches exact-match flow entries of active flows, which allows for fast lookup.  Most of the OVS intelligence is in userspace, which supports things like wildcards.  That flow setup performance relates to how quickly userspace can set those exact-match flows up in the kernel.

--Justin


On Aug 29, 2012, at 3:46 AM, sonny sonny <sonny085 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There is "flow setup" performance increases in latest version as per
> available discussions.Can you please tell what is flow setup.
> 
> Regards,
> Sonny
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