[ovs-discuss] OpenvSwitch does not compile with linux-headers-2.6.30-1-686

2009-11-05 Thread kk yap
Hi, I have trying to compile Open vSwitch with Linux kkpc 2.6.30-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Jul 18 14:00:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ./boot.sh works fine but ./configure --with-l26=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build did not complete with the following error. checking whether gcc accepts -Wmissing-field-initiali

Re: [ovs-discuss] NOX and GRE

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Casado
The config protocol is part of the upcoming OF 1.0 spec (http://openflowswitch.org/wk/index.php/Config_Protocol). The idea is to have a more robust method of managing less dynamic switch state (in particular, configuration). GRE however is not in OF (yet) so this will be an extension to the

Re: [ovs-discuss] NOX and GRE

2009-11-05 Thread Steven Y. Ko
Hi Martin, Thanks for the quick reply. One clarification though - by "a more general config protocol", do you mean it's going to somehow subsume or replace the OpenFlow protocol? I guess what I'm wondering is if the current NOX applications will run unmodified and can be easily extended to take ad

Re: [ovs-discuss] NOX and GRE

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Casado
Hi Steve, The plan is to support configuration of logical ports (e.g. GRE) through a more general config protocol (json-rpc based). We are currently in the process of porting this to the next release of Nox (which will surface in the next couple of weeks). So, yes, support should be there.

[ovs-discuss] NOX and GRE

2009-11-05 Thread Steven Y. Ko
Hi, I was wondering if I could still use NOX to push rules related to GRE tunneling to Open vSwitches. As far as I understand, there is no OpenFlow spec related to GRE tunneling, so I was curious if NOX has been extended to control and use features specific to Open vSwitch. If this is true, is the