[ovs-discuss] OpenFlow 1.3+

[Jarno Rajahalme]

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Jarno Rajahalme <jarno at ovn.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 9:10 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> wrote:
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>> 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?
>> 
> 
> The capabilities bit OFPC_BUNDLES is an OpenFlow 1.5 feature we have not yet implemented. Same goes for the OF 1.5 bundles capabilities request and bundle properties. I’ll add the OFPC_BUNDLES today, but I feel the rest is not yet important.
> 
>  Jarno

While looking at this I’m wondering if we support the OpenFlow 1.4 flow monitoring yet? OPENFLOW-1.1+.md says Simon is working on it.

  Jarno

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