[ovs-discuss] Why 10 Mbps?

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Fri Oct 26 22:55:41 UTC 2018


On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 04:42:29PM -0600, Sterdnot Shaken wrote:
> Why is it that vnic ports show as having a speed of 10 Mbps under the
> command ovs-ofctl dump-ports-desc <bridge name>?
> 
> I've done many tests and the 10 Mbps value obviously has no implications on
> actual throughput for the OVS bridges. I was just curious why 10 Mbps...
> It's a default apparently? How would I change that if I wanted too?

10 Mbps was a common speed for physical ports back in 2007 when we wrote
the code.

You could change it by editing the source code.


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