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| author | Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> | 2012-10-30 17:41:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> | 2012-11-01 22:54:28 -0700 |
| commit | acf60855126bcfa79ea22d7846af5f2efe26cd30 (patch) | |
| tree | fadbae81ed892eb9c3d0acae2713622adf13f95a /NEWS | |
| parent | 4213f19da9926e8a6b4569010f152f399d0ad8cc (diff) | |
ofproto-dpif: Use a single underlying datapath across multiple bridges.
This commit switches to using a single backing datapath (called
"ovs-datapath") for all bridges of that datapath's type. Previously,
resources couldn't be shared across bridges, since each was in its own
datapath. This change will allow sharing of tunnels and cheaper patch
ports to be added in the future.
Since bridges share a common datapath, the ovs-dpctl commands won't
provide bridge-specific information. Users wishing to have that
information should use the new "ovs-appctl dpif/*" commands as
documented in ovs-vswitchd(8).
Signed-off-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ v1.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx - The ofproto library is now responsible for assigning OpenFlow port numbers. An ofproto implementation should assign them when port_construct() is called. + - All dpif-based bridges of a particular type share a common + datapath called "ovs-<type>", e.g. "ovs-system". The ovs-dpctl + commands will now return information on that shared datapath. To + get the equivalent bridge-specific information, use the new + "ovs-appctl dpif/*" commands. - The following features are now deprecated. They will be removed no earlier than February 2013. Please email dev@openvswitch.org with concerns. |