[ovs-discuss] [PATCH] in-band.c: fix for ARP requests and replies for in-band mode

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Jul 18 15:52:18 UTC 2013


On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 05:30:33PM -1000, Nicholas Bastin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Nicholas Bastin <nick.bastin at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > One thing that I think should be pointed out is that it is NOT the purpose
> > of OVS in-band rules to forward traffic *for other devices* - the rules
> > exist *only* to ensure that OVS's own control connection functions properly.
> >
> 
> A re-reading of the DESIGN document closely seems to indicate that this
> might not be the case in all situations (although I believe that it
> *should* be the case, lest you start making decisions that should be
> reserved for the controller).  It's not entirely clear.  I am still at
> least mostly convinced that the current behaviour is better than the
> behaviour your patch proposes, but it probably requires more research.

Andreas, if the patch still makes sense to you, please respond to Nick's
feedback.



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