Re: [ovs-dev] [patch_ports 3/4] ofproto-dpif: Implement patch ports in userspace.

2013-01-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 01:39:43PM -0800, Ethan Jackson wrote: > I've folded this incremental in. > > --- > FAQ | 12 +++- > NEWS |1 + > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ > index 6d14fc8..b9f655b 100644 > --- a/FAQ > +++ b/FAQ > @@ -172,1

Re: [ovs-dev] [patch_ports 3/4] ofproto-dpif: Implement patch ports in userspace.

2013-01-16 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 07:50:16PM -0800, Ethan Jackson wrote: > This commit moves responsibility for implementing patch ports from > the datapath to ofproto-dpif. There are two main reasons to do > this. > > The first is a matter of design: ofproto-dpif both has more > information than the data

Re: [ovs-dev] [patch_ports 3/4] ofproto-dpif: Implement patch ports in userspace.

2013-01-15 Thread Ethan Jackson
I've folded this incremental in. --- FAQ | 12 +++- NEWS |1 + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 6d14fc8..b9f655b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -172,17 +172,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later does not include

[ovs-dev] [patch_ports 3/4] ofproto-dpif: Implement patch ports in userspace.

2013-01-14 Thread Ethan Jackson
This commit moves responsibility for implementing patch ports from the datapath to ofproto-dpif. There are two main reasons to do this. The first is a matter of design: ofproto-dpif both has more information than the datapath, and is better suited to handle the complexity required to implement p