Re: [ovs-dev] Doubt regarding packet registers

2016-06-09 Thread Faseela K
Thanks Ben! The last question is not valid if the answer to first question is Yes. Thanks, Faseela -Original Message- From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@ovn.org] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 8:55 AM To: Faseela K Cc: ovs dev Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] Doubt regarding packet registers On Thu, Jun

Re: [ovs-dev] Doubt regarding packet registers

2016-06-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:38:46PM +, Faseela K wrote: >I would like to know the difference in behavior between metadata field and > packet register. >Is register a per-packet entity like metadata field? Yes. > If there is an action to copy metadata value to a packet register, > will

[ovs-dev] Doubt regarding packet registers

2016-06-09 Thread Faseela K
Hi, I would like to know the difference in behavior between metadata field and packet register. Is register a per-packet entity like metadata field? If there is an action to copy metadata value to a packet register, will there be any performance impact on the packet processing pipeline,