Any normal action results in mac learning on the packets processed by the action. On Jul 25, 2013 6:20 PM, "Baohua Yang" <[email protected]> wrote:
> So any rule in the switch with NORMAL action will result in mac-learning > on all inports? > Or only enable mac-learning at the inport related to the rule? > Thanks! > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Only the "normal" action does MAC learning, so "flood" will not. >> >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 01:19:06PM +0800, Baohua Yang wrote: >> > Hi Ben >> > Thank for your reply! >> > That rule will flood the flow to all other ports, right? >> > How can it affect the mac-learning on that port? >> > Could you please explain a little more or give some reference? >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 01:46:32PM +0800, Baohua Yang wrote: >> > > > I know that ovsd has a built-in mac-learning switch, and it is >> > > > necessary to support the "NORMAL" action. >> > > > Now I want to stop the mac-learning on a given port, but other >> ports >> > > > should work normally. >> > > > How to implement this? I check the ovs manual, but find no >> solution. >> > > >> > > A flow like >> > > in_port=123,actions=flood >> > > might do what you want. >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Best wishes! >> > Baohua >> > > > > -- > Best wishes! > Baohua >
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