[ovs-discuss] multiple ofproto

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:51:19PM -0700, vis reddy wrote:
> I was looking at ovs-vsctl man page,
> ??
> ??ovs???vsctl??also supports a model in which traffic associated with a given 802.1Q VLAN is segregated into a separate bridge. A special form of theadd???br??command (see below) creates a ??????fake bridge?????? within an Open vSwitch bridge to simulate this behavior. When such a ??????fake bridge?????? is active,??ovs???vsctl??will treat it much like a bridge separate from its ??????parent bridge,?????? but the actual implementation in Open vSwitch uses only a single bridge, with ports on the fake bridge assigned the implicit VLAN of the fake bridge of which they are members
> 
> 
> It might be useful to create multiple ofproto and assign each one to a
> specific vlan and run each one in a seperate VM,

As the manpage says, these "bridges" are fake.  Nothing other than
ovs-vsctl treats them as separate bridges.

> other question was each ofproto should have corresponding
> dpif-provider, is this not the case?  Thanks Vishnu??

Isn't PORTING quite clear?  Can you explain why I get repeated questions
about this?