[ovs-discuss] OVS switch buffer size, possible to increase?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 02:39:44PM +0200, Ricardo Schmidt wrote:
> We are having problems with high rate traffic. Apparently the switch is not
> able to keep the "wildcarded" packets in buffer for as long as needed to
> the controller to reply with a flow_mod message. Therefore, we
> get OFPBRC_BUFFER_UNKNOWN error.
> 
> My question is, is there a way to increase the buffer size of the switch?

The buffer size can't be increased, but you can turn off buffering.
That's just as effective because in that case there's no buffer to
expire.