Hi Ben, thank you very much, now the FAQ explanation is definitely clear.
-- Konstantin On 07/12/2012 07:08 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
The previous text was ambiguous. Reported-by: Konstantin Khorenko<[email protected]> CC: Jesse Gross<[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff<[email protected]> --- AUTHORS | 1 + FAQ | 16 ++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS index 1ed820c..2c1a48c 100644 --- a/AUTHORS +++ b/AUTHORS @@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ John Galgay [email protected] Kevin Mancuso [email protected] Kirill Kabardin Koichi Yagishita [email protected] +Konstantin Khorenko [email protected] Krishna Miriyala [email protected] Luca Falavigna [email protected] Luiz Henrique Ozaki [email protected] diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 4ad8c43..91f4007 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -143,12 +143,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later does not include kernel module from the Open vSwitch distribution instead of the upstream Linux kernel module. - - Tunnel and patch virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type - "gre", "ipsec_gre", "capwap", or "patch". It is possible to - create tunnels in Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch as - system devices. However, they cannot be dynamically created - through the OVSDB protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow - action. + - Tunnel virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "gre", + "ipsec_gre", "capwap". It is possible to create tunnels in + Linux and attach them to Open vSwitch as system devices. + However, they cannot be dynamically created through the OVSDB + protocol or set the tunnel ids as a flow action. Work is in progress in adding these features to the upstream Linux version of the Open vSwitch kernel module. For now, if @@ -156,6 +155,11 @@ A: The kernel module in upstream Linux 3.3 and later does not include vSwitch distribution instead of the upstream Linux kernel module. + - Patch virtual ports, that is, interfaces with type "patch". + You can use Linux "veth" devices as a substitute. + + We don't have any plans to add patch ports upstream. + Q: What features are not available when using the userspace datapath? A: Tunnel and patch virtual ports are not supported, as described in the
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