Subject: openvswitch/flow WAS ( Re: [rfc] Merging the Open vSwitch datapath

From: jamal <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:31:32 -0400

Sorry, slightly off topic - and this old (catching up 
with netdev randomly going backwards)..

I was curious after seeing the exchange with Eric D. on
the tunnels and how you have your own tree so i glossed 
over what your project is doing.

It seems to me that you reinvented things that exist in 
Linux already such as bridging, tunnels and what really
caught my attention: ability to do flows (tc actions).
It is possible Linux is missing something you wanted or was
not efficient enough? 
[For example: I couldnt see anything you needed
on flow-action management that Linux couldnt do already
(with already very nice well structured netlink APIs)]

cheers,
jamal