Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-12 Thread Zayats, Michael
Sounds good. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:46 AM To: Zayats, Michael Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:23:52AM +, Zayats, Michael

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-12 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:23:52AM +, Zayats, Michael wrote: > Given your suggestion of adding subscription/update at JSON-RPC method level, > would it require an update to OVSDB RFC 7047? > How should a "patch" for that one be coordinated? The ovsdb-server(1) manpage has a "specifications"

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-12 Thread Zayats, Michael
t one be coordinated? -Original Message- From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:02 PM To: Zayats, Michael Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:54:11AM +, Zayats, Michael wr

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-11 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:54:11AM +, Zayats, Michael wrote: > What would be the process of contribution to the project? > I would imagine creating some small write-up on the planned changes, getting > your agreement, submitting the patch, reviewing and committing? You're welcome to do it th

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-11 Thread Zayats, Michael
...@nicira.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 4:38 PM To: Zayats, Michael Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:34:27AM +, Zayats, Michael wrote: > Not very frequent, may be a few times per day per participating dev

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-11 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:34:27AM +, Zayats, Michael wrote: > Not very frequent, may be a few times per day per participating device. > However, if DB is reasonably big and there are many monitoring clients, it > might get busy as clients reread all the data to find what changed since > moni

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-11 Thread Zayats, Michael
Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:03 PM To: Zayats, Michael Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 09:57:21PM +, Zayats, Michael wrote: > OVSDB protocol has the means to retrieve a list of d

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-11 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 09:57:21PM +, Zayats, Michael wrote: > OVSDB protocol has the means to retrieve a list of databases being managed by > the server. > However, the list might change, using for example add-db/remove-db runtime > management command of ovsdb-server. > > Would it make sens

[ovs-discuss] OVSDB list_dbs monitor/update

2014-11-11 Thread Zayats, Michael
Disclaimer: I would like to use OVSDB for a switching related product. Instead of making extensions, where I lack some of the functionality, I would be glad to invest our resources in contributing to the general implementation. If the same desired functionality can be achieved with the current mec