From: Joe Stringer Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:20:29 +0000 (-0800) Subject: FAQ: Mention hairpinning under actions=in_port. X-Git-Tag: sliver-openvswitch-2.1.90-1~1^2~29 X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=sliver-openvswitch.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6620f928738c745a050335e17bf8f7801f5500a5 FAQ: Mention hairpinning under actions=in_port. Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index a08d65c23..6c79efefb 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1403,9 +1403,9 @@ A: Yes, OpenFlow requires a switch to ignore attempts to send a packet even be convenient, e.g. it is often the desired behavior in a flow that forwards a packet to several ports ("floods" the packet). - Sometimes one really needs to send a packet out its ingress port. - In this case, output to OFPP_IN_PORT, which in ovs-ofctl syntax is - expressed as just "in_port", e.g.: + Sometimes one really needs to send a packet out its ingress port + ("hairpin"). In this case, output to OFPP_IN_PORT, which in + ovs-ofctl syntax is expressed as just "in_port", e.g.: ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=2,actions=in_port