[ovs-discuss] OFPP_NORMAL

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Mon May 2 20:29:05 UTC 2016


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What does it mean to "output the response of the kernel"?

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 09:19:47PM +0100, oualid hjira wrote:
> thanks Ben,
> but how can we output the response of the kernel ??
> 
> 2016-05-02 20:28 GMT+01:00 Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>:
> 
> > To send packets to the kernel, output them to an internal port, such as
> > the port named after your bridge.
> >
> > On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 07:20:13PM +0100, oualid hjira wrote:
> > > when i use OFPP_NORMAL action , it enables the standalone mode of the OvS
> > > and  the packets aren't handled by the controller(if mismatch). what i'm
> > > interested about is to send packets directly to the kernel where i can
> > > activate a routing daemon.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > 2016-05-02 19:01 GMT+01:00 Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 05:42:28PM +0100, oualid hjira wrote:
> > > > > im using OvS and i want to send packets directly to the kernel, i've
> > made
> > > > > some researches i found that OFPP_NORMAL action will handle this
> > problem
> > > > > but the packet are either sent to controller neither to the kernel
> > > >
> > > > What does "the packet are either sent to controller neither to the
> > > > kernel" mean?  How is it a problem?
> > > >
> >



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