[ovs-discuss] How to buffer on OVS

Hiroshi Miyata miyahiro.dazu at gmail.com
Thu May 2 23:32:10 UTC 2013


Hi Ben,

Thanks, I got this point.

Then, in what action requests to buffer?
Sorry, I could not find appropriate part in the specification.

...hiroshi miyata

(13/05/03 6:20), Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 06:14:35AM +0900, Hiroshi Miyata wrote:
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> (13/05/03 2:35), Ben Pfaff wrote:
>>> Let me rephrase.
>>>
>>> Do these packet_in messages result from an OFPAT_OUTPUT action that
>>> use OFPP_CONTROLLER as the output port?
>> Yes,
>> However, the reason code in the packet_in  was OFPR_ACTION (0x01)
>> rather than OFPR_NO_MATCH (0x00).
> An OFPAT_OUTPUT action that outputs to OFPP_CONTROLLER generates an
> packet_in with reason=OFPR_ACTION and buffer_id=0xffffffff.  Therefore
> you are seeing expected behavior.




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