[ovs-discuss] Resending request for a new API between controller and switch

Joe Stringer joestringer at nicira.com
Wed Jan 7 17:52:18 UTC 2015


Woops, missed the sibling thread. Please disregard.

On 7 January 2015 at 09:46, Joe Stringer <joestringer at nicira.com> wrote:
> Is there something particular that you're trying to achieve which
> standard OpenFlow cookies do not provide?
>
> On 5 January 2015 at 23:24, Ashok Chippa <a.n.chippa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could someone please let me know if my request can be accomodated...
>>
>> I have asked a few times for this before, but I'll ask again:
>>
>> Basically, I need a new ofp_type support... something like
>> OFPT_GET_FLOWID_REQUEST and OFPT_GET_FLOWID_RESPONSE.
>>
>> Looking for an API, that given certain match parameters in an ofp_type
>> OFPT_GET_FLOWID_REQUEST message, returns a FLOWID (or cookie)... in the
>> OFPT_GET_FLOWID_RESPONSE message.
>>
>> Basically take that part of the "ovs-ofctl add-flow <bridge-name> <flow>"...
>> code that determines the flow_id and use it to implement the above API. In
>> this API the flow comes from the OFPT_GET_FLOWID_REQUEST instead of the
>> "ovs-ofctl add-flow..." CLI...
>>
>> Please someone let me know if this can be added.. or if I should add it...
>> If later, could someone kindly guide me to where supoprt for "ovs-ofctl
>> add-flow..." resides...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ashok
>>
>>
>>
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