On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 01:53:06PM +0000, Gurucharan Shetty wrote: > While upgrading openvswitch, it helps to restore openflow flows before > starting packet processing. Typically we want to restart openvswitch, > add the openflow flows and then start packet processing. > > To do this, we look for the other_config:flow-restore-wait column > in the Open_vSwitch table during startup. If set as true, we disable > receiving packets from the datapath, expiring or flushing flows and > running any periodic ofproto activities. This option does not prevent > the addition and deletion of ports. Once this option is set to false, > we return to normal processing. > > An upcoming commit will use this feature in Open vSwitch startup scripts. > > Bug #16086. > Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <gshe...@nicira.com>
Looks good, thanks. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
