bridge: Move packet processing functionality into ofproto.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / PORTING

diff --git a/PORTING b/PORTING
index 922d6c8..6af9f51 100644 (file)
--- a/PORTING
+++ b/PORTING
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ are most likely to be necessary in porting OVS to Unix-like platforms.
 (Porting OVS to other kinds of platforms is likely to be more
 difficult.)
 
+Vocabulary
+----------
+
+For historical reasons, different words are used for essentially the
+same concept in different areas of the Open vSwitch source tree.  Here
+is a concordance, indexed by the area of the source tree:
+
+        datapath/       vport           ---
+        vswitchd/       iface           port
+        ofproto/        port            bundle
+        lib/bond.c      slave           bond
+        lib/lacp.c      slave           lacp
+        lib/netdev.c    netdev          ---
+        database        Interface       Port
+
+
 Open vSwitch Architectural Overview
 -----------------------------------
 
@@ -197,10 +213,10 @@ during a port:
       network devices, using Linux kernel calls.  It may be a good
       place to start for full-featured netdev implementations.
 
-    * lib/netdev-gre.c and lib/netdev-patch.c are minimal
-      implementations for "virtual ports" implemented by the Open
-      vSwitch datapath module for the Linux kernel.  They may serve as
-      a model for minimal netdev implementations.
+    * lib/netdev-vport.c provides support for "virtual ports" 
+      implemented by the Open vSwitch datapath module for the Linux
+      kernel.  This may serve as a model for minimal netdev
+      implementations.
 
 Miscellaneous Notes
 -------------------