On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:12 AM, Mohit Malik <hr.mohit.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to understand the GRE encapsulation functionality of OVS. I have > seen the flow of the packet in case of gre encapsulation, the flow is like > :- > > do_output -> ovs_vport_send -> gre_send -> __send -> __build_header(to build > gre header) + iptunnel_xmit(to build and send ip packet) > > So, in this flow I am not able to see the place in code, where outer > ethernet frame is getting attached and also the place where packet is > actually sent out.
The packet is handed off to the Linux IP stack to be sent like any other packet. Adding the Ethernet header is not part of OVS, it is based on the routing table, ARP resolution, etc. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
