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2013-08-24openvswitch: Mega flow implementationAndy Zhou1-0/+40
Add wildcarded flow support in kernel datapath. Wildcarded flow can improve OVS flow set up performance by avoid sending matching new flows to the user space program. The exact performance boost will largely dependent on wildcarded flow hit rate. In case all new flows hits wildcard flows, the flow set up rate is within 5% of that of linux bridge module. Pravin has made significant contributions to this patch. Including API clean ups and bug fixes. Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Zhou <azhou@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
2012-07-21openvswitch: Fix typo in documentation.Leo Alterman1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Leo Alterman <lalterman@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
2011-12-03net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components.Jesse Gross1-0/+195
Open vSwitch is a multilayer Ethernet switch targeted at virtualized environments. In addition to supporting a variety of features expected in a traditional hardware switch, it enables fine-grained programmatic extension and flow-based control of the network. This control is useful in a wide variety of applications but is particularly important in multi-server virtualization deployments, which are often characterized by highly dynamic endpoints and the need to maintain logical abstractions for multiple tenants. The Open vSwitch datapath provides an in-kernel fast path for packet forwarding. It is complemented by a userspace daemon, ovs-vswitchd, which is able to accept configuration from a variety of sources and translate it into packet processing rules. See http://openvswitch.org for more information and userspace utilities. Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>