On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 02:08:34PM +0200, Jose Francisco Mingorance-Puga wrote:
> However, in numerous points of the protocol definition, it is said
> that buffer_id can have the value -1. For instance, in
> OFPT_PACKET_OUT and OFPT_PACKET_IN messages, it is stated that the
> value of buffer_id=-1 means that the packet data is carried within
> the message, and not buffered.
> 
> This is an incongruence, as buffer_id has bin defined as an unsigned
> integer, therefore, it is not possible to represent -1 with the
> chain of bits, unless the codification of this -1 is explicitely
> given, which is not in the definition of OpenFlow protocol.
> 
> Therefore, how should a -1 look like?

In this case, -1 means UINT32_MAX, the value 4294967295.
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