"dev" <dev-boun...@openvswitch.org> wrote on 04/07/2016 10:39:33 AM:
> From: Russell Bryant <russ...@ovn.org> > To: dev@openvswitch.org > Date: 04/07/2016 10:40 AM > Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] ovn: Add software l2 gateway. > Sent by: "dev" <dev-boun...@openvswitch.org> > > This patch implements one approach to using ovn-controller to implement > a software l2 gateway between logical and physical networks. > > A new logical port type called "gateway" is introduced here. It is very > close to how localnet ports work, with the following exception: > > - A localnet port makes OVN use the physical network as the > transport between hypervisors instead of tunnels. A gateway port still > uses tunnels between all hypervisors, and packets only go to/from the > specified physical network as needed via the chassis the gateway port > is bound to. > > - A gateway port also gets bound to a chassis while a localnet port does > not. This binding is not done by ovn-controller. It is left as an > administrative function. In the case of OpenStack, the Neutron plugin > will do this. > > Signed-off-by: Russell Bryant <russ...@ovn.org> I get this and I think it makes a good starting platform for various functional items, so... Acked-by: Ryan Moats <rmo...@us.ibm.com> _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
