X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=OPENFLOW-1.1%2B;h=6fee77c914c13b218eb3e3fd91a9be26fcdf118f;hb=79f108b14e7944ddc4669e9c03fc34b40a3a2288;hp=e194ba781a15a2e6338eaacd6b8f93a7acb12fa0;hpb=99ab7312c17cd4ab603eb6194c50b9f1ef3ca1c9;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/OPENFLOW-1.1+ b/OPENFLOW-1.1+ index e194ba781..6fee77c91 100644 --- a/OPENFLOW-1.1+ +++ b/OPENFLOW-1.1+ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ OpenFlow 1.1+ support in Open vSwitch ===================================== -Open vSwitch support for OpenFlow 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 is a work in +Open vSwitch support for OpenFlow 1.1 and beyond is a work in progress. This file describes the work still to be done. The Plan @@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ OpenFlow 1.1 The list of remaining work items for OpenFlow 1.1 is below. It is probably incomplete. - * The new in_phy_port field in OFPT_PACKET_IN needs some kind of - implementation. It has a sensible interpretation for tunnels - but in general the physical port is not in the datapath for OVS - so the value is not necessarily meaningful. We might have to - just fix it as the same as in_port. - [required for OF1.1; optional for OF1.2+] - - * OFPT_TABLE_MOD message. This is new in OF1.1, so we need to - implement it. It should be implemented so that the default OVS - behavior does not change. - [required for OF1.1 and OF1.2] - * MPLS. Simon Horman maintains a patch series that adds this feature. This is partially merged. [optional for OF1.1+] @@ -86,11 +74,6 @@ additional work specific to Openflow 1.2 are complete. (This is based on the change log at the end of the OF1.2 spec. I didn't compare the specs carefully yet.) - * Action translation needs some work to transform OpenFlow 1.1 - field modification actions into OpenFlow 1.2+ "set-field" - actions, because OpenFlow 1.2 dropped support for the OF1.1 - actions. - OpenFlow 1.3 ------------ @@ -103,8 +86,8 @@ didn't compare the specs carefully yet.) Currently we always report OFPBRC_MULTIPART_BUFFER_OVERFLOW. [optional for OF1.3+] - * Add OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES statistics. - [optional for OF1.3+] + * Add OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES statistics. Alexander Wu has posted a + patch series. [optional for OF1.3+] * More flexible table miss support. This requires the following. @@ -124,11 +107,6 @@ didn't compare the specs carefully yet.) is missing. Support for the software switch is under review. [optional for OF1.3+] - * Per-connection event filtering. OF1.3 adopted Open vSwitch's - existing design for this feature so implementation should be - easy. - [required for OF1.3+] - * Auxiliary connections. An implementation in generic code might be a week's worth of work. The value of an implementation in generic code is questionable, though, since much of the benefit @@ -138,18 +116,10 @@ didn't compare the specs carefully yet.) some kind of "hardware" support, if we judged it useful enough.) [optional for OF1.3+] - * MPLS BoS matching. - Part of MPLS patchset by Simon Horman. - [optional for OF1.3+] - * Provider Backbone Bridge tagging. I don't plan to implement this (but we'd accept an implementation). [optional for OF1.3+] - * Rework tag order. - Part of MPLS patchset by Simon Horman. - [required for v1.3+] - * On-demand flow counters. I think this might be a real optimization in some cases for the software switch. [optional for OF1.3+]