They work together.

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Igor Ryzhov <idryz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So OVS uses datapathes if we build it as Kernel module and bridges when
> builded in userspace?
> Or both datapathes and bridges works together?
>
>
> 2013/3/12 Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Igor Ryzhov <idryz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to study Open vSwitch and now I have a question - what is the
>> > difference between datapaths and bridges (add-dp and add-br, add-if and
>> > add-port)?
>>
>> Datapaths are a kernel construct, while bridges are a
>> userspace/OpenFlow construct.  Previously there was a one-to-one
>> correspondance but now multiple bridges are implemented through a
>> single datapath.
>
>
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