You should be able to use them together as long as you put them in the correct order. It looks like a bug.
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 07:36:57PM +0000, Jing Ai wrote: > > Given write_metadata and goto_table are instructions from OpenFlow, is it a > bug that I could not apply write_metadata and goto_table together? > > > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:24:48 -0800 > > From: b...@nicira.com > > To: ai_jing2...@hotmail.com > > CC: b...@openvswitch.org > > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Actions write_metadata and goto_table could not > > work together > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:40:14AM +0000, Jing Ai wrote: > > > According to OF spec, goto_table instruction should be the > > > last. However, why write_metadata has to be after resubmit action, can > > > anyone explain it? > > > > resubmit is an action, so it is part of the Apply-Actions instruction. > > write_metadata is an instruction, which is executed after the > > Apply-Actions instruction. > > > > The underlying difference is one of the sources of resubmit and > > Goto-Table. Nicira invented resubmit and Goto-Table came from OpenFlow. > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
