What precisely is an OpenFlow driver? Is it something like openflowj or libopenflow which sends and receives OpenFlow messages? Is it an API/protocol abstraction layer like OpenDaylight's SAL which might provide a new protocol or API to work with multiple versions of OpenFlow as well as proprietary vendor protocols which replace or extend OpenFlow/ofconfig/etc.? Is it an OpenFlow implementation on top of switching hardware (or software) like Indigo/Switch Light? Is it a software switch like Open vSwitch?
On May 16, 2013, at 10:38 PM, David Erickson <deric...@stanford.edu> wrote: > FYI: > > Press Releases > > Open Networking Foundation Launches Industry’s First Open-Source "OpenFlow™ > Driver" Contest > > > > Competition to Encourage Implementation, Interoperability of the OpenFlow > Standard > > > > OPEN NETWORKING SUMMIT, Santa Clara, Calif., April 17, 2013 – The Open > Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting > Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced the industry’s first > competition to create an open-source "OpenFlow™ Driver.” The competition is > open to the worldwide development community to create an interoperable > open-source implementation of the latest OpenFlow standard. ONF intends the > competition to produce an OpenFlow driver that everyone from network > equipment vendors and ISVs to operators, and larger open-source projects can > use for easy transitions between different implementations of the OpenFlow > protocol. The winner of the “OpenFlow Driver” competition will be awarded one > grand prize of $50,000. > > > > “ONF is committed to solving market needs in very practical ways,” said Dan > Pitt, executive director of the Open Networking Foundation. “This competition > is designed to encourage additional SDN innovation by seeking additional > open-sourced technology solutions. We want this OpenFlow Driver to be of use > for global developers of OpenFlow products, making it easier for them to > build value around and easily update the OpenFlow protocol component with the > latest ONF specifications as they evolve.” > > > > The competition is open to all organizations and individuals worldwide > interested in developing an OpenFlow driver that any developer can use in a > controller or switch to maintain compatibility among switches and > controllers. The contest will open for submissions on April 16, 2013 at 12:00 > a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, and will close on August 15, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. > PDT. Judges, who will be selected by the Foundation, will critique on the > following: > > > > · Compliance with the OpenFlow specification standard > > · Correctness of operation with test harness > > · Ease with which the submission can be integrated into a controller > > · Completeness of the implementation > > · Clarity of the code and architecture > > · Memory footprint > > · Potential performance and scaling of the architecture > > · Portability of the code > > · Modularity of the code > > · Extensibility and maintainability of the code > > · Integration with multiple programming languages > > · Performance and scalability of the code > > > > The winner will be announced on September 30, 2013. The winning entry will be > provided under both Apache 2.0 and GPL dual-licenses for maximum > compatibility with both open-source projects and commercial ones. For more > information about the open-source “OpenFlow Driver” competition and > submission guidelines, please visit www.opennetworking.org/competition. > Competition terms and rules can be found at: > www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf. > > > > About ONF > > Launched in 2011 by Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, > and Yahoo!, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is a growing nonprofit > organization with more than 90 members whose mission is to advance the > commercialization and use of SDN and the OpenFlow protocol. ONF will > accelerate the delivery and use of SDN and OpenFlow technologies and > standards while fostering a vibrant market of products, services, > applications, customers, and users. For further details visit the ONF website > at: http://www.opennetworking.org. > _______________________________________________ > openflow-discuss mailing list > openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss
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