On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:14 AM, 黄登辉 <huangdeng...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My understanding of how internal type device work. > Internal type device is special. when a packet sent to internal > type device from outside, it will immediately forward to openvswitch module > to decide where to go? > when a packet sent to internal type device from openvswitch module, it > will be forwarded to internal device by netif_rx as PACKET_HOST packet. > > And i know, when user use ovs-dpctl add-dp dp1, it will create one same > name internal device dp1. > > My question about why openvswitch need internal type device? what kind > of role internal type device play at openvswitch? > They are needed for packets bound for the local network stack of the machine that OVS is running on.
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