> 
> Currently OVS supports all ARP protocol fields as OXM match fields to
> implement the relevant ARP procedures for IPv4. This includes support
> for matching copying and setting ARP fields. In IPv6 ARP has been
> replaced by ICMPv6 neighbor discovery (ND) procedures, neighbor
> advertisement and neighbor solicitation.
> 
> The support for ICMPv6 fields in OVS is not complete for the use cases
> equivalent to ARP in IPv4. OVS lacks support for matching, copying and
> setting the “ND option type” and “ND reserved” fields. Without these user
> cannot implement all ICMPv6 ND procedures for IPv6 support.
> 
> This commit adds additional OXM fields to OVS for ICMPv6 “ND option type“
> and ICMPv6 “ND reserved” using the OXM extension mechanism. This allows
> support for parsing these fields from an ICMPv6 packet header and extending
> the OpenFlow protocol with specifications for these new OXM fields for
> matching, copying and setting.
> 
Hi Ben,

Does the changes in V4 look ok?

Warm Regards,
Vishal Ajmera
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