Hi. I think that the xid is only used in messages that are considered "requests" (mainly from the controller) and require a reply. Because a PacketIn is not a request, it is an "asynchronous" message, it is not "mandatory" to set a xid.
Nikos Anastopoulos <n.anas...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta, 28/04/2016 às 16:29: > Hi, > > I am exploring traffic captures from tests with Mininet/Openvswitch 2.5 > and OpenDaylight controller, and try to understand why the transaction ID > (xid) field in PACKET_IN messages is always zero, while for the rest > message types (either switch- or controller-initiated) it is correctly set > to some unique value, which is reused in the reply as it should. Am I > missing something basic here specified in the OF protocol, or is it and > implementation decision of OVS? > > Thanks in advance, > Nikos > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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