It depends if there is the cache in the kernel space. if there is, the packet will be forwarded within kernel space. If not, it will also need the program in the user space.
you can take a look at the article which helped me a lot. http://wangcong.org/blog/archives/2131 On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Padma Jayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > In OVS, when a packet arrives(when i give a ping requrst in mininet), > which part of the code handles the incoming packet. (ie) which part finds > the matching rule and forwards the packet to next switch. > > Thanks and regards, > Padma V > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Thanks Tim
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