From: Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:34:57 -0800
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM, David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: >> From: Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> >> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:11:33 -0800 >> >>> As you mention, one of the biggest benefits of Open vSwitch is how >>> simple the kernel portions are (it's less than 6000 lines). It's >>> existed as an out-of-tree project for several years now so it's >>> actually fairly mature already and unlikely that there will be a >>> sudden influx of new code over the coming months. >> >> The packet scheduler classification and packet action infrastructure >> has been around 5 times longer. > > The only point that I was trying to make with that comment is that > it's unlikely that Open vSwitch will suddenly get more complex due to > the introduction of new code. And it will get instantly less complex if it uses existing infrastructure. There is no reasonable argument against using what we have already. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
