[ovs-discuss] OpenFlow 1.3+

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 01:27:46PM +0000, Andrej Leitner wrote:
> - what does it mean OpenFlow 1.3+ in notes here http://openvswitch.org/releases/NEWS-2.6.0?

OpenFlow 1.3 and later.

> - there are bundles mentioned in connection with OF 1.3+, is it possible to communicate with OVS
> 
>   in OFP v1.3 but use some features from higher versions (e.g. bundles)?

OVS implements the EXT-230 extension to OpenFlow 1.3 described here,
which adds bundle support to OpenFlow 1.3:
https://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/sdn-resources/onf-specifications/openflow/openflow-extensions-1.3.x-package.zip

> - if ovs with OF v1.4 and v1.5 should support bundles, why I am still getting for capabilities
> 
>   in FeaturesReply value of 4F (1001111) which means bundles are not supported (used ovs 2.4/5/6)?

Perhaps we forgot to update the feature bits?  Jarno, can you take a
look?

Thanks,

Ben.