>-----邮件原件----- >发件人: Ben Pfaff [mailto:[email protected]] >发送时间: 2014年5月30日 0:54 >收件人: Lichunhe >抄送: [email protected] >主题: Re: [ovs-discuss] Output port of mirror drops packet > >On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 02:13:53AM +0000, Lichunhe wrote: >> I use the mirror function, if the port is configured as the output >> port of a mirror, it will can't send packages. Who knows the reason? >> Why does the output port drop packages? > >It's documented: > > output_port: optional weak reference to Port > Output port for selected packets, if nonempty. > > Specifying a port for mirror output reserves that port >exclu- > sively for mirroring. No frames other than those selected >for > mirroring via this column will be forwarded to the port, and any > frames received on the port will be discarded. > > The output port may be any kind of port supported >by Open > vSwitch. It may be, for example, a physical port >(sometimes > called SPAN) or a GRE tunnel.
I have seen the doc, and read the code, it is the implementation currently. But I want to Know why to do this? If the output port could send/recv normally, it will be a better way? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
