On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:15:11PM -0700, Darrell Ball wrote:
> The following patch series implements the SW Gateway infrastructure.
> The SW gateway runs in the context of ovn-controller as other HVs.
> The gateway node uses a single bridge (call it br-int) that is actively
> controlled by
> OVN. This bridge also houses the tunnels connecting other HVs.
> Additional physical bridges are created for each logical switch supported
> by the gateway. These bridges act as simple wires from the POV of >= L2
> on br-int and are there to support bonding at a minimum.
> A pair of patch ports are created to connect each physical bridge to br-int.
>
> A new logical port type is added for SW gateways called "gw". This is needed
> to differentiate logic from HW gateway support. Changes to HW gateway
> support are coming in a next series.
>
> patch.c: Physical bridge and patch port creation
> physical.c: Support gateway br-int patch ports as "physical" ports
>
> This patch series builds (i.e. depends on) on a previous series supporting
> physical
> endpoints and their binding to logical ports. That series also added some
> gateway (gw)
> logical port checks that this series uses, in the physical.c file
>
> binding.c support the use of physical endpoint for gateway (gw) logical ports
>
> ovn-nb.xml; ovn-sb.xml: document the new "gw" logical port type
>
> ovn-controller.c; patch.h: Add a chassis name parameter needed for gateways
> Particular logical port types are not presently specified/enforced in the NB
> and SB
> schemas themselves. This may be to allow flexibility and ease of adding new
> types.
>
> ovn.at: A new test is added to exercise the SW gateway for L2 switching
>
> Darrell Ball (8):
> Add flow support for gateway patch ports in ovn-controller
> Create SW gateway physical bridges and patch ports
> Add chassis name parameter to support SW gateway in ovn-controller
> Add chassis name parameter to support SW gateway in ovn-controller
> Support physical endpoint based binding for SW gateway logical ports
> Add software gateway logical port type - 'gw'
> Add software gateway logical port type - 'gw'
> Add a test for software gateway using ovn-controller
This series is puzzling:
- The subject of this email says there are 9 patches.
- The summary above says that there are 8 patches.
- The subjects of the followups to this email say that there are 14
patches, but only patches 7 through 14 are in patchwork or the
archive.
Please explain!
Thanks,
Ben.
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