On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 03:20:52PM -0700, Jesse Gross wrote:
> It's possible to imagine that a switch might want to report additional
> capabilities related to Geneve beyond just the number of options and
> how much space they can consume. Some examples include additional
> restrictions on parsing (if this command is used for non-OVS implementations
> or OVS changes how it works) and per-packet actions that can't be done
> generically (such as checksums or encryption). It's not yet clear if
> these will be necessary or if OpenFlow is the right place to expose
> them. However, it's easy to do now and there is very little cost so
> it seems like a good idea to leave some additional reserved space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com>

I'd consider s/pad/zero/ to make it easier for receivers to be sure
(later) that they're interpreting non-garbage.
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