Acked-by: Justin Pettit <[email protected]> --Justin
On Nov 20, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > They have not been exact-match only for a while. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> > --- > FAQ | 23 ++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ > index 4a8a5be..ffe63cc 100644 > --- a/FAQ > +++ b/FAQ > @@ -434,16 +434,17 @@ A: Open vSwitch uses different kinds of flows for > different purposes: > about hidden flows.) > > - The Open vSwitch software switch implementation uses a second > - kind of flow internally. These flows, called "exact-match" > - or "datapath" or "kernel" flows, do not support wildcards or > - priorities and comprise only a single table, which makes them > - suitable for caching. OpenFlow flows and exact-match flows > + kind of flow internally. These flows, called "datapath" or > + "kernel" flows, do not support priorities and comprise only a > + single table, which makes them suitable for caching. (Like > + OpenFlow flows, datapath flows do support wildcarding, in Open > + vSwitch 1.11 and later.) OpenFlow flows and datapath flows > also support different actions and number ports differently. > > - Exact-match flows are an implementation detail that is > - subject to change in future versions of Open vSwitch. Even > - with the current version of Open vSwitch, hardware switch > - implementations do not necessarily use exact-match flows. > + Datapath flows are an implementation detail that is subject to > + change in future versions of Open vSwitch. Even with the > + current version of Open vSwitch, hardware switch > + implementations do not necessarily use this architecture. > > Each of the commands for dumping flows has a different purpose: > > @@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ A: Open vSwitch uses different kinds of flows for > different purposes: > including hidden flows. This is occasionally useful for > troubleshooting suspected issues with in-band control. > > - - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows [dp]" dumps the exact-match flow table > + - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows [dp]" dumps the datapath flow table > entries for a Linux kernel-based datapath. In Open vSwitch > 1.10 and later, ovs-vswitchd merges multiple switches into a > single datapath, so it will show all the flows on all your > @@ -464,8 +465,8 @@ A: Open vSwitch uses different kinds of flows for > different purposes: > useful for debugging. > > - "ovs-appctl dpif/dump-flows <br>", new in Open vSwitch 1.10, > - dumps exact-match flows for only the specified bridge, > - regardless of the type. > + dumps datapath flows for only the specified bridge, regardless > + of the type. > > > Performance > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
