Re: [ovs-discuss] Extending OVS

2012-06-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
I don't think OVS has an API to do what you want but I still don't understand what you want. On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 04:56:06PM -0700, Abhishek Chanda wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Thanks for the reply. > I am trying to put compute elements in a OpenFlow network, which, like OVS, > can advertise capabilit

Re: [ovs-discuss] Extending OVS

2012-06-22 Thread Abhishek Chanda
Hi Ben, Thanks for the reply. I am trying to put compute elements in a OpenFlow network, which, like OVS, can advertise capabilities to a controller. On the controller side, I can write a module which can interpret these messages. I am trying to see if there can be a way of loading a module to OVS

Re: [ovs-discuss] Extending OVS

2012-06-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 04:40:40PM -0700, Abhishek Chanda wrote: > I have a requirement for which I will need to use some of OVS's > functionality (like connecting to a controller etc.). I do realize that I > can hack OVS to do this, but I was wondering if OVS exposes some API that > can be used by

[ovs-discuss] Extending OVS

2012-06-22 Thread Abhishek Chanda
Hi all, I have a requirement for which I will need to use some of OVS's functionality (like connecting to a controller etc.). I do realize that I can hack OVS to do this, but I was wondering if OVS exposes some API that can be used by other applications? Also, is there a plan to include a module l

[ovs-discuss] Fwd: active-passive bond failover - mac learning of virtual machines

2012-06-22 Thread Frido Roose
Forgot to CC list... > Try doing ifconfig eth1 down instead.  This will take carrier down on > the NIC causing the upstream switch to flush it's learning table. > This is more realistic too, bond's don't typically failover when there > isn't a problem, so connectivity loss is expected when using >