Thanks Ben! Seems the normal action by ovs is a little more complicated than imagining :) May be we need a document explaining the detailed behaviors of these actions (NORMAL, FLOOD, etc). The ovs manual does not say much.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > Any normal action results in mac learning on the packets processed by the > action. > On Jul 25, 2013 6:20 PM, "Baohua Yang" <yangbao...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So any rule in the switch with NORMAL action will result in mac-learning >> on all inports? >> Or only enable mac-learning at the inport related to the rule? >> Thanks! >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: >> >>> Only the "normal" action does MAC learning, so "flood" will not. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 01:19:06PM +0800, Baohua Yang wrote: >>> > Hi Ben >>> > Thank for your reply! >>> > That rule will flood the flow to all other ports, right? >>> > How can it affect the mac-learning on that port? >>> > Could you please explain a little more or give some reference? >>> > Thanks! >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 01:46:32PM +0800, Baohua Yang wrote: >>> > > > I know that ovsd has a built-in mac-learning switch, and it is >>> > > > necessary to support the "NORMAL" action. >>> > > > Now I want to stop the mac-learning on a given port, but other >>> ports >>> > > > should work normally. >>> > > > How to implement this? I check the ovs manual, but find no >>> solution. >>> > > >>> > > A flow like >>> > > in_port=123,actions=flood >>> > > might do what you want. >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Best wishes! >>> > Baohua >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best wishes! >> Baohua >> > -- Best wishes! Baohua
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