goto_table is OpenFlow 1.1+ specific, which isn't enabled by default, so you probably need to specify "-O OpenFlow13" on ovs-ofctl, and enable OpenFlow 1.3 in the switch.
On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 02:14:53PM -0800, Jayanth Silesh wrote: > Hey Ben, > > I did try and use goto_table instructions but this is what appears in the > flow table: > NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4): > ??cookie=0x0, duration=1.784s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=1, > in_port=1 actions=drop > > > I used these commands to test it, > sudo ovs-ofctl add-flow s1 "in_port=1 actions=goto_table:2" > sudo ovs-ofctl add-flow s1 "in_port=2 actions=output:1" > sudo ovs-ofctl add-flow s1 "table=2 in_port=1 actions=output:2??? > > The above commands don???t work because the goto_table instructions inserts > the action as ???DROP??? > But if I use the resubmit instruction instead of the goto_table, it works > just fine. > > > > > --?? > Jayanth Silesh > 317-476-2599 > > Graduate Student, > University of Southern California > > > On November 9, 2013 at 10:25:21 AM, Ben Pfaff (b...@nicira.com) wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 03:33:28AM -0800, Jayanth Silesh wrote: > > From what I understand is that when I use write_metadata in ova-ofctl, > > it writes some info to the packet and the packets gets sent to the > > controller. > > write_metadata doesn't send a packet to the controller. > > > Is there a way I can use write_metadata and resubmit? > > No. write_metadata is an instruction that is always executed after > actions such as resubmit. > > To use metadata and multiple tables together, you must either use an > action (such as reg_load or set_field) to set the metadata before using > resubmit, or use write_metadata followed by the goto_table instruction > (since the ordering of those is correct for what you want to do). _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
