"dev" <dev-boun...@openvswitch.org> wrote on 06/02/2016 03:48:49 PM:
> From: Russell Bryant <russ...@ovn.org> > To: dev@openvswitch.org > Date: 06/02/2016 03:49 PM > Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] 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 "l2gateway" 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. An l2gateway port still > uses tunnels between all hypervisors, and packets only go to/from the > specified physical network as needed via the chassis the l2gateway port > is bound to. > > - An l2gateway 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> > Acked-by: Ryan Moats <rmo...@us.ibm.com> > Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@ovn.org> > --- Unfortunately, this has sat enough that multiple parts of this patch no longer apply cleanly: binding.c, ovn-controller.c, 2/6 hunks to patch.c, patch.h and 1/3 hunks to ovs-nb.xml Russell, can you do another rebase and then we'll heckle Justin about reviewing it? Thanks, Ryan _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
