Usually NORMAL means something closer to "switch the packet using ordinary MAC learning". It doesn't necessarily go to the IP stack.
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 10:32:36AM +0500, Tahir Rauf wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for clarifying the things. I have gotten one more question from this. > > If 'local networking stack' means host's IP stack, then what is the > difference between LOCAL & NORMAL. As document says about NORMAL, "Process > the packet using the traditional non-OpenFlow pipeline of the switch". I > think that traditional non-OpenFlow pipeline also means the "host's IP > stack". > > Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks. > Regards > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:23:23PM +0500, Tahir Rauf wrote: > > > I am quite new to OpenFlow, so please be patient on my basic question. I > > > just want to ask that while describing the LOCAL optional action of > > switch, > > > the openflow document states "Send the packet to the switch's local > > > networking stack". Can somebody please explain that what is 'switch's > > local > > > networking stack'? > > > > In the OpenFlow reference implementation or Open vSwitch, it's the > > host's IP stack. For example, on Linux, this is the Linux network > > stack, which you can use to configure an IP address for the OpenFlow > > switch itself. > > > > > > -- > Tahir Rauf > High Performance Computing Lab > http://hpc.seecs.edu.pk/~tahir.rauf/ > SEECS-NUST, _______________________________________________ openflow-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss
