[ Reply to post to ovs-announce ] On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 09:57:05PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > This email is an update for the initial hackathon plan that I sent out > earlier this month. Everything in that email is still accurate. You > can read the earlier email at: > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2013-August/000053.html > > The main purpose of this email is to answer questions I've had from a > few people about what work needs to be done. If you want to volunteer > for something (either on one of the lists below or something else), > please mention it to me or on ovs-dev. > > > Claimed Tasks > ------------- > > The following tasks have been tentatively claimed already: > > * Andy Zhou has volunteered to implement OFPT_TABLE_MOD. (He > might implement the OF1.3 more flexible table miss support, > which is related.) > > * I'm working on groups, based on code from Centec Networks, with > some support from Simon Horman. (I hope to commit this before > the hackathon begins.) > > * Simon Horman is working on MPLS. > > > Unclaimed Tasks (Small, Required) > --------------------------------- > > The following tasks could use volunteers. These tasks are all > required for OpenFlow compliance. My guess is that an average > developer could build any of these within the two days of the > hackathon or less. Roughly in order of increasing amount of work: > > * OFPT_FLOW_MOD ability to delete flows in all tables. > > * Per-connection event filtering, e.g. OFPT_SET_ASYNC. > > * On-demand flow counters. > > * Rework tag order. > > * OpenFlow 1.3+ multipart requests infrastructure. > > * Implement Write-Actions instruction.
It seems to me that the logic required to martial write-actions in such a way that actions act like an action set is also needed by the actions of buckets of groups. As such, I would like to put my hand up for write-actions. > > > Unclaimed Tasks (Large, Optional) > --------------------------------- > > The following tasks could also use volunteers. All of them are also, > coincidentally, optional according to the OpenFlow specification. My > guess is that each of these would require more than two days of work. > Most of them require kernel work. (I don't realistically expect > anyone to do these for the hackathon, but you never know.) > > * QinQ. > > * VLANs with 88a8 Ethertype. > > * OFPMP_TABLE_FEATURES. (This requires the multipart requests > infrastructure.) > > * Per-flow meters implementation for ofproto-dpif. > > * Auxiliary connections. > > * PBB tagging. > > > Stickers > -------- > > The stickers are a go! I've ordered a batch of 5"x3" stickers labeled > "I <3 OVS". They should arrive the week after the hackathon and then > I'll mail them to anyone outside the Palo Alto local area. The > design, by Duffie Cooley, is here: > http://openvswitch.org/ovs-sticker.jpg > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/announce > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
