From: Tom Herbert <t...@herbertland.com> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 13:57:59 -0700
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:37 PM, David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: >> Userspace resolution of paths in response to data path signalling >> simply does not scale and is fundamentally an extremely poor design >> choice. We're trying to move away from, rather than towards, these >> kinds of architectures. > > OVS is quite different I think. LISP is a specific resolution protocol > of identifier to locator as opposed to be some open ended mechanism to > resolve some arbitrary definition of flows like OVS. Also, I don't > think there's any specific requirement in LISP that prevents on from > implementing the mapping protocol in the kernel, it should just be a > simple UDP communication. > > Do you see anything in the protocol itself that would be a showstopper? I'd have to see the code and how it works. I can't review hypothetical implementations.
