On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:11:24PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> Traditionally, Open vSwitch has used a variant of 802.1ag "CFM" for
> interface liveness detection.  This has served us well until now,
> but has several serious drawbacks which have steadily become more
> inconvenient.  First, the 802.1ag standard does not implement
> several useful features forcing us to (optionally) break
> compatibility.  Second, 802.1.ag is not particularly popular
> outside of carrier grade networking equipment.  Third, 802.1ag is
> simply quite awkward.
> 
> In an effort to solve the aforementioned problems, this patch
> implements BFD which is ubiquitous, well designed, straight
> forward, and implements required features in a standard way.  The
> initial cut of the protocol focuses on getting the basics of the
> specification correct, leaving performance optimizations, and
> advanced features as future work.  The protocol should be
> considered experimental pending future testing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <[email protected]>

Since I was mostly happy with the first version, and you addressed
that stuff, and we're planning to continue working on this, I think
you can push it without another review.  (I'm feeling some time
pressure lately.)
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