It sounds a little like the "dummy" devices we use for testing. Run with --enable-dummy and set the iface type to "dummy".
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:48:20PM +0200, Benjamin Lunsky wrote: > I want to fake the ports so that OVS works as if the port exists, even > though it doesn't physically. > Ultimately it exists in another piece of hardware but OVS implementation > has no way of knowing that at this point - it's on another hardware card > and NIC isn't registered in the kernel under ifconfig. > > On Monday, July 22, 2013, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > What do you mean by virtual port in this case? > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:43:19PM +0200, Benjamin Lunsky wrote: > > > How does one add virtual ports? > > > > > > On Monday, July 22, 2013, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > > > > > In the most ordinary case (as you show) the ports you add with > > > > add-port should exist as network devices. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:26:57PM +0200, Benjamin Lunsky wrote: > > > > > Physically no - I'm trying to add a virtual port to a virtual bridge > > > > > / switch. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Benjamin Lunsky > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:05 PM, Ben Pfaff > > > > > <[email protected]<javascript:;><javascript:;>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > And does p1 exist? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:03:42PM +0200, Benjamin Lunsky wrote: > > > > > >> The error is logged as follows: > > > > > >> ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX) on p1 device failed: No such device > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Benjamin Lunsky > > > > > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> --- > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On 22 Jul 2013, at 10:35 PM, Ben Pfaff > > > > > >> <[email protected]<javascript:;><javascript:;>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:20:02PM +0200, Benjamin Lunsky wrote: > > > > > >>>> ovs-vsctl add-br br1 -- set bridge br1 datapath_type=netdev > > > > > >>>> ovs-vsctl add-port br1 p1 -- set interface p1 ofport_request=1 > > -- > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> The second line causes an error in lib/netdev-linux.c in the > > > > > >>>> do_get_ifindex function - an error value of 19 is returned. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> No one knows what an error value of 19 means. The function logs > > the > > > > > >>> actual name of the error, please tell us what it is. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
