On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:12:51PM +0300, Nir Magnezi wrote: > Hi All, > > Context: > In OpenStack Neutron, we have a script named ovs_cleanup that basically > deletes all ovs ports in the boot process. > For some use cases (as mentioned here > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/460524/ ]), we would like to be able to > skip the cleanup for specific ports. > > From what I currently know, there are two possible ways do to that: > 1. Use 'other_config', by appending: -- set Interface myport > other_config:skip_cleanup=true" > > 2. Use 'external_ids. by appending ': -- set Interface myport > external_ids:skip_cleanup=true" > > In the patch I already mentioned, I was told that: using external_ids is > safer than other_config as it won't be interpreted by the switch (with the > reference http://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/topics/integration/ ) > > Will usage of 'external_ids' be a better practice to achieve that goal? > I would really appreciate your feedback on this.
Yes, this reasoning is correct. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss