On Feb 6, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:

> +   In some situations, you can use "normal switching" as a component
> +   of your OpenFlow actions, e.g. by putting "normal" into the lists
> +   of actions on ovs-ofctl or by outputting to OFPP_NORMAL from an
> +   OpenFlow controller.  In situations where this is not suitable, you
> +   can implement VLAN handling yourself, e.g.:
> +
> +       - If a packet comes in on an access port, and the flow table
> +         needs to send it out on a trunk port, then the flow can add
> +         the appropriate VLAN tag with the "mod_vlan_vid" action.
> +
> +       - If a packet comes in on a trunk port, and the flow table
> +         needs to send it out on an access port, then the flow can
> +         strip the VLAN tag with the "strip_vlan" action.

I think it would be clearer if you dropped "In some situations" from the 
beginning of the sentence.  Otherwise, I think it looks great.

Thanks,

--Justin


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