Re: [ovs-dev] datapath-windows: adding vport from userspace to kernel

2014-09-15 Thread Nithin Raju
On Sep 14, 2014, at 7:34 PM, Samuel Ghinet wrote: > This netdev check on windows, I understand, would translate to a km-um / > netlink communication by which it will be checked if the hyper-v switch does > have a port with friendly name X. > The only thing that remains is to be sure that when

Re: [ovs-dev] datapath-windows: adding vport from userspace to kernel

2014-09-14 Thread Samuel Ghinet
Thanks Nithin, This netdev check on windows, I understand, would translate to a km-um / netlink communication by which it will be checked if the hyper-v switch does have a port with friendly name X. The only thing that remains is to be sure that when that vnic disconnects, a vport delete will h

[ovs-dev] datapath-windows: adding vport from userspace to kernel

2014-09-10 Thread Nithin Raju
hi Sam/Alin, This is a followup to the discussion we had over IRC this morning about adding vports. The question was about what should happen in the kernel if userspace tries to add a VIF port that is not existent on the hyper-v switch. Should we support it? In general, you cannot add a vport t