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 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 or use OVS's API to do this. > > Thanks > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 other applications? Also, is there a plan to include a > > > module loading system to extend OVS using modules? > > > > OpenFlow *is* the API for extending Open vSwitch. > > > > What are you trying to do? > > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
