[ovs-discuss] Default datapath_type of Bridges

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Mon Dec 10 23:58:28 UTC 2018


On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:44:01PM +0000, Tobias Hofmann -T (tohofman - AAP3 INC at Cisco) wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply.
> 
> Command that I'm using: ovs-vsctl remove bridge test-br datapath_type netdev
> Output message:	   ovs-vsctl: "remove" operation would put 0 values in column datapath_type of table Bridge but the minimum number is 1

There's a difference between an empty string and no strings at all.
The "remove" command you're using tries to set the column to no values.
You can use
        ovs-vsctl set bridge test-br datapath_type='""
to set the column to the empty string.

> I still think that the empty string is misleading because it suggests the user that empty string is a valid entry but apparently you cannot set it back to be empty once changed.

You can set it to "system" if you like, no problem.


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