On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:22:15 +0900
Simon Horman <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > For example, OXM_OF_IPV6_FLABEL, has 20 bits, which the above
> > > will calculate as 3 bytes. The OVS implementation uses 4 bytes.
> > > The latter seems to be correct to me.
> > 
> > Hmm, the table 9 in the of spec says OXM_OF_IPV6_FLABEL uses 20
> > bits. oxm_length is in byte so I expected switches uses use the
> > minimum bytes (3) for OXM_OF_IPV6_FLABEL. I miss something in the of
> > spec?
> 
> No, I don't think you have missed anything. But I am unsure if 3 or 4 is 
> correct.
> 
> I had assumed 4, as that would map to a standard C integer type.

We already have things that can't be map to C types (6 bytes for mac
stuff and 16 bytes for IPv6). So I'm not sure about it.

> But the spec is not clear either way. Perhaps we should seek
> some confirmation somehow?

Yeah, can you ask it on ovs mailing list?

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