The userspace (ovs-vswitchd) uses ioctls to communicate with the kernel module (openvswitch_mod.ko) to have it do things like add and remove flows. That's the function that handles the ioctl requests.
The code in repository no longer uses ioctls, but instead uses netlink. We're planning to release version 1.1.0 of Open vSwitch tomorrow, which will use that new mechanism. --Justin On Apr 6, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Tahir Rauf wrote: > Hi > > Can someone please explain the purpose of the function named > "openvswitch_ioctl()" in datapath.c file. I have found no documentation about > this function. Any help will be appreciated > > Regards > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
