On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 01:16:44AM -0700, Nithin Raju wrote: > In this patch, we add support for querying the genl family id for any > family supported by the OVS kernel datapath. On platforms that support > netlink natively, the operating system assigns a family ID, and the > OS netlink infrastructure supports querying the family ID by name. > > In case of Windows, since OVS datpath provides the netlink support, > it is not necessary to make a call into the kernel. Returning a > family ID that is consistent between the userspace and kernel > is sufficient. Once there is code to support netlink message parsing > as well as constructing netlink messages, we can make a call into > the kernel, but that in itself may not buy anything more than this > approach. > > This patch is a precursor to make progress of the other commands. > The next hurdle is to support nl_lookup_genl_mcgroup(). > > Signed-off-by: Nithin Raju <nit...@vmware.com>
Both applied, thanks! _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
