Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn 03/11] netdev-dummy: Implement ARP responder.

2015-06-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
Thanks for the ack! The FAQ entries I had in mind are about IP addresses and why you shouldn't put them on physical ports, not about where you should put your dummy connections (I don't think dummies are mentioned at all in the FAQ, since they're a dev testing only feature). Here are the ones I w

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn 03/11] netdev-dummy: Implement ARP responder.

2015-06-15 Thread Alex Wang
Thx for your explanation, makes sense! Could you point me to the FAQ explaining this? Did not find it by searching key words: remote, conn Acked-by: Alex Wang On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > I think that it would be unusual to have a single interface with both an > IP add

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn 03/11] netdev-dummy: Implement ARP responder.

2015-06-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
I think that it would be unusual to have a single interface with both an IP address assigned and a connection to a remote switch. This is because an IP address is normally on an internal port (most commonly the port named the same as the bridge), whereas connections to remote switches (which are a

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn 03/11] netdev-dummy: Implement ARP responder.

2015-06-14 Thread Alex Wang
Want to ask, do we need to call 'dummy_packet_conn_send(&dev->conn, buffer, size);' in the arp request case? Could this cause problem when there is a loop? Thanks, Alex Wang, On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > This is the only missing piece to make native tunneling work with