On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 09:09:46PM +0800, Min Chen wrote:
> lib/learning-switch.c:line 478, make_packet_out is called. I tracked how
> this OFPT_PACKET_OUT type message is handled, and this is what I found:
> handle_openflow
>   => handle_packet_out
>     =>packet_out
>       =>xlate_actions
>         =>do_xlate_actions
>           =>xlate_output_action
>             =>xlate_output_action__
>               =>flood_packets
>                 =>compose_output_action__
>                   =>vsp_realdev_to_vlandev
> 
> I thought this last function call is looking for the devs in the same vlan.
> But I need some comments to fully understand this function. Can anyone help?

vsp_realdev_to_vlandev() only deals with "VLAN splinters", a feature
that works around bugs in certain Linux kernel network drivers.  In
the absence of VLAN splinter configuration, it just returns its
argument without change.
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