[ovs-discuss] IP address match fields are not used when EtherType is 0x8847

[Ben Pfaff]

MPLS doesn't include an IP address, so there's nothing to do with that part
of the match.
On Apr 26, 2014 1:15 PM, "Maurice Qureshi (maquresh)" <maquresh at cisco.com>
wrote:

>  I am installing a flow on OVS 1.6 with following attributes:
>
>  Match Fields:
> ==========
> Input Port = 1
> EtherType = 0x8847 (MPLS)
> Src IP = 1.1.1.1
>
>  Action
> =====
> Output port =3
>
>  The flow does get installed on OVS, but source IP address field is not
> used. Attached please see the Wireshark capture of FlowMod request and
> below is flow installed on OVS.
>
>  ~> sudo ovs-ofctl dump-flows L1
> NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):
>  cookie=0x0, duration=580.361s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0,
> idle_age=580, priority=500,mpls,in_port=1 actions=output:3
> :~>
>
>  Is this expected? If so, is it because of MPLS tag is not defined in
> OF1.0 match or for some other reason.
>
>  Thanks
>
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