I don't think we need a spec as some functionality is broken now. The table
19 patch broke things so we need this fixed and we need tempest enabled to
mitigate breaking it in the future. I could also see this following under
the previous ipv6 specs as a minor overlooked item.

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Sridhar Gaddam <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Vishal,
>
> Its a single flow (which is supported on OVS2.5) similar to IPv4 ping and
> impacts only IPv6. There will not be any change/impact to IPv4 pipeline.
> Currently we are not running IPv6 tempest scenario tests because of this.
>
> As you know, we are adding new features in Netvirt and this is breaking
> IPv6 use-cases (fe., [1]). Sometimes we are not even aware that some
> existing IPv6 use-cases are broken.
> So, enabling tempest IPv6 scenario tests would help us to make sure that
> new changes are not creating issues to the existing IPv6 features.
> IMHO I don't feel that a spec is required for this use-case and would
> appreciate if we can get this in as soon as possible.
>
> [1] https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/57719/2
>
> Thanks,
> --Sridhar.
>
> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Vishal Thapar <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Sridhar,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’d recommend raising a genius/netvirt spec for this. ICMPv6 responder is
>> a new feature and impacts pipeline so should go proper design review et al.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Vishal.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sridhar
>> Gaddam
>> *Sent:* 25 May 2017 16:44
>> *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]
>> aylight.org; odl netvirt dev <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [openflowplugin-dev] Review request - Support for ping6 in ODL
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Genius/OpenflowPlugin teams,
>>
>>
>>
>> In order to enable tempest IPv6 scenario tests with ODL/Netvirt, ping6
>> support for the Neutron router interfaces has to be supported.
>>
>> This is currently a missing gap, so we could not enable tempest IPv6
>> scenario tests so far.
>>
>>
>>
>> I was looking at this use-case and figured out that we can support ping6
>> similar to ping (in IPv4) by programming the necessary OVS flows that
>> auto-respond to ping6 requests from the VMs.
>>
>>
>>
>> Following are the five dependent patches that are required to be merged
>> in GENIUS and OpenflowPlugin for this use-case.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would appreciate if Openflowplugin and GENIUS teams take a look at the
>> following dependent patches so that I can propose the necessary changes in
>> Netvirt.
>>
>>
>>
>> *OpenflowPlugin patches:*
>>
>> 1. Add Nicira extension support for matching IPv6 Src/Dst -
>> https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/56969/
>>
>> 2. Bug 8535: Fix IPv6 OXMHeader Mask issue -
>> https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/57694/
>>
>>
>>
>> *GENIUS patches:*
>>
>> 1. Utility api to configure icmpv6 type - https://git.opendaylight.org/g
>> errit/#/c/57072/
>>
>> 2. Support for moving Src/Dest IPv6 addresses in NxRegMove action -
>> https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/57027/
>>
>> 3. Support API that configures IPv6 address as sourceAddress -
>> https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/57026/
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> --Sridhar.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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