[ovs-discuss] Are there some difference in flow table between normal ovs and dpdk ovs?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 07:01:37PM +0900, Heung Sik Choi wrote:
> I have some question about ovs' flow table implementation after visiting
> this url
> 
> https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/ovs-dpdk-datapath-classifier-part-2
> 
> Are there some difference in flow table implementation between original ovs
> and dpdk ovs?
> 
> Also, are there any differences in hash functions between them in terms of
> algorithm or performance?

The actual code is different between the kernel and DPDK-based OVS, but
the 3-layer outline is the same.

The hash functions do differ, but I don't know of performance
differences due to hash functions.