On Oct 17, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 04:16:09PM -0700, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
>> Output set field actions as standard OF1.0/1.1 set actions whenever possible.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajaha...@nicira.com>
> 
> I think this is a reasonable idea--I considered something similar when I
> initially wrote ofp-actions.c--but I think that the details need
> scrutiny.  The VLAN handling in particular looks too unsophisticated to
> work except in the most straightforward cases.  Have you read the "VLAN
> Matching" section in DESIGN?  It lays out the hairy details of the
> differences between the NXM, OF1.0, OF1.1, and OF1.2+ conceptualization
> of VLANs (yes, all of them are different).

As you noticed, I did not know of this :-) I'll look into this.

  Jarno

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