Acked-by: Justin Pettit <[email protected]> --Justin
On Nov 20, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> > --- > FAQ | 16 ++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ > index ffe63cc..2912ae3 100644 > --- a/FAQ > +++ b/FAQ > @@ -418,7 +418,11 @@ A: First, why do you want to do this? Two connected > bridges are not > ports will not work with the userspace datapath, only with the > kernel module. > > -Q: Why are there so many different ways to dump flows? > + > +Implementation Details > +---------------------- > + > +Q: I hear OVS has a couple of kinds of flows. Can you tell me about them? > > A: Open vSwitch uses different kinds of flows for different purposes: > > @@ -446,7 +450,15 @@ A: Open vSwitch uses different kinds of flows for > different purposes: > current version of Open vSwitch, hardware switch > implementations do not necessarily use this architecture. > > - Each of the commands for dumping flows has a different purpose: > + Users and controllers directly control only the OpenFlow flow > + table. Open vSwitch manages the datapath flow table itself, so > + users should not normally be concerned with it. > + > +Q: Why are there so many different ways to dump flows? > + > +A: Open vSwitch has two kinds of flows (see the previous question), so > + it has commands with different purposes for dumping each kind of > + flow: > > - "ovs-ofctl dump-flows <br>" dumps OpenFlow flows, excluding > hidden flows. This is the most commonly useful form of flow > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
