It does. Thanks, Ofer.
בתאריך יום ו׳, 5 בפבר׳ 2016 ב-22:57 מאת Ben Pfaff <b...@ovn.org>: > On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 09:49:35AM +0000, Ofer Ben-Yacov wrote: > > The tunnel key in decoupled from the actual implementation of the tunnel. > > The only tunnel protocol that is currently supported in this schema is > > VxLAN. (the encapsulation is set by enum with single value: > > vxlan_over_ipv4 ). This is fine and the new key field can be used to set > > the VIN of the VxLAN tunnel. In the future, when the schema will have > more > > encapsulations (need to add more values to the encapsulation_type enum), > > the key still will be used as all tunnels use some kind of key for > > segmentation (NVGRE, Geneve or even MPLS label is a kind of a key). The > key > > is optional anyway so if someone will what to use the schema with a > > key-less tunnel it still can be used. > > > > I actually did not add something that was not thought before. If you look > > at the hardware VTEP document (http://openvswitch.org/docs/vtep.5.pdf), > > under Logical_Switch section it is written: > > > > *Per Logical_Switch+Physical_Locator pair. That is, each logical switch > may > > be assigned a different tunnel key on every Physical_Locator. This model > is > > especially flexible. In this model, Physical_Locator carries the tunnel > > key.* > > > > Can you point me to where the version is set? I will change it to 1.5.0 > as > > you suggested. > > > > We are using this new field to enable connection of multiple tunnels that > > each use different tunnel key. We use it for inter-cloud connection. It > is > > a new feature that I'm adding to the L2 Gateway. You can see the spec > here: > > > > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/270786/ > > > > The new code depend on the ability to use different keys in multiple > > tunnels in the same logical switch. > > OK, I understand now. > > I posted a v4: > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2016-February/065759.html > Will you review it and ensure that it properly reflects your intent? > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
