On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:10:35AM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote: > This is great, Ben. Just a few minor things: > > > +Out-of-band control has the following benefits: > > + > > + - Simplicity: Out-of-band control slightly simplifies the switch > > + implementation. > > + > > + - Reliability: Excessive switch traffic volume cannot interfere > > + with control traffic. > > Do you think it's worth mentioning that we now set the DSCP bits so > that people can prevent some of this in their "core" switches and > routers?
I guess DSCP bits don't reassure me much. Maybe they reduce the scope of the problem. > > +The following points describe important special cases of this > > +principle. > > + > > + In-band control must be implemented regardless of whether the > > + switch is connected. > > Do you think it's worth making these bullet points to match the > previous lists? I kept going back and forth on that. Since you suggested it I changed the formatting to match the earlier bullets. > > +Open vSwitch implements in-band control as "hidden" flows, that is, > > +flows that are not visible through OpenFlow, and at a higher priority > > +than wildcarded flows can be set up by through OpenFlow. This is done > > You can drop either the "by" or "through". Done. Thanks, I'll push this in a minute. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
