On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 08:14:07PM -0400, Flavio Fernandes wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Apr 7, 2018, at 1:53 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 04:18:31PM -0400, Flavio Fernandes wrote:
> >> Dear OVS Gurus:
> >> 
> >> I came across something simple and silly, which is making me think it is 
> >> actually a bug.
> >> 
> >> In a nutshell, I'm trying to use a literal with the action output nested 
> >> in a learn().
> >> If I use a fancier (and more common) notation:
> >> 
> >>   output:NXM_OF_IN_PORT[]
> >> 
> >> that works fine. However, if I try to use a literal such as:
> >> 
> >>   output:2
> >> 
> >> I get:
> >> 
> >>   ovs-ofctl: 2: unknown field `2'
> > 
> > The learn action simply can't do that.  (I think that the ovs-ofctl
> > manpage does not suggest that it can.)
> 
> 
> Yes, I should have read it more carefully. It was an incorrect assumption on 
> my part
> that the nested output action was the same as action outside learn. I am a 
> better
> educated now. ;) Thanks for that clarification, Ben.

Well, it's a reasonable question.  Maybe the manpage should be clearer
that the actions supported within learn are very limited.
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