On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 05:46:16PM -0800, Jesse Gross wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Simon Horman <ho...@verge.net.au> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:12:41AM +0000, Rajahalme, Jarno (NSN - FI/Espoo) > > wrote: > >> On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:15 , ext Simon Horman wrote: > >> > * Implement recirculation and a host of more sophisticated MPLS features > >> > including: > >> > - copy_ttl_in > >> > - copy_ttl_out > >> > - L3+ actions on MPLS frames (e.g. pop_mpls(0x800),set_ttl) > >> > - multi-level mpls_pop and mpls_push > >> > * Other more specific datapath todo items listed in the changelog of > >> > "datapath: Add basic MPLS support to kernel" > >> > > >> > >> Am I right in assuming that something like a "resubmit" action would be > >> needed for recirculation in the kernel datapath? I have earlier > >> implemented something like "recirculation" (as I understand it) with a > >> special vport that provides it's output as input to the datapath. I.e., I > >> have used the OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT to implement "recirculation" with a > >> "loopback vport". It would be nice to get rid of that with a more > >> explicit mechanism. > >> > >> Or have I completely misunderstood what you mean with recirculation here? > > > > My current thought is that recirculation could be implemented using > > a new action (I had in mind to call it "recirculate") as you suggest. > > And I intend to try and implement that. > > > > It is not entirely clear to me that is quite what Jesse has in mind > > or that it will work as expected. We shall see. > > Yes, that's what I had in mind.
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