Hi Ben,
thank you very much, now the FAQ explanation is definitely clear.
--
Konstantin
On 07/12/2012 07:08 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
The previous text was ambiguous.
Reported-by: Konstantin Khorenko<khore...@openvz.org>
CC: Jesse Gross<je...@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff<b...@nicira.com>
---
AUTHORS | 1 +
FAQ | 16 ++++++++++------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1ed820c..2c1a48c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ John Galgay j...@galgay.net
Kevin Mancuso kevin.manc...@rackspace.com
Kirill Kabardin
Koichi Yagishita yagishita.koi...@jrc.co.jp
+Konstantin Khorenko khore...@openvz.org
Krishna Miriyala kris...@nicira.com
Luca Falavigna dktrkr...@debian.org
Luiz Henrique Ozaki luiz.oz...@gmail.com
diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 4ad8c43..91f4007 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -143,12 +143,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later does
not include
kernel module from the Open vSwitch distribution instead of the
upstream Linux kernel module.
- - Tunnel and patch virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type
- "gre", "ipsec_gre", "capwap", or "patch". It is possible to
- create tunnels in Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch as
- system devices. However, they cannot be dynamically created
- through the OVSDB protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow
- action.
+ - Tunnel virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "gre",
+ "ipsec_gre", "capwap". It is possible to create tunnels in
+ Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch as system devices.
+ However, they cannot be dynamically created through the OVSDB
+ protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow action.
Work is in progress in adding these features to the upstream
Linux version of the Open vSwitch kernel module. For now, if
@@ -156,6 +155,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later does
not include
vSwitch distribution instead of the upstream Linux kernel
module.
+ - Patch virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "patch".
+ You can use Linux "veth" devices as a substitute.
+
+ We don't have any plans to add patch ports upstream.
+
Q: What features are not available when using the userspace datapath?
A: Tunnel and patch virtual ports are not supported, as described in the
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