Thanks, I will also look into the newer version. So there is no option to force the switch to install flow mods coming from a controller to be installed in the kernel, since my test program runs on the controller.
Otherwise I would need to write a bash script instead. -- Kind Regards, Sascha > Am 10.03.2015 um 23:07 schrieb Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 09:38:51PM +0100, Sascha Bleidner wrote: >> I am using OVS 2.0.1 inside a mininet emulation testbed. Since I am >> focusing on performance related questions, I was wondering if there >> is a way to force the OVS to directly install a flow rule send along >> with a flow mod message from the controller directly into the kernel >> instead of just storing it into the user space until a matching >> packet arrives at the switch. I am using the Ryu Framework >> (https://github.com/osrg/ryu) as a controller. > > You probably shouldn't do that. If you still want to, you can use > "ovs-dpctl add-flow". > > Since you're focusing on performance, you should probably upgrade to > OVS 2.3 or, better yet, a recent snapshot of "master". _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
