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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:34:57 -0800 From: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: jhs@...atatu.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvswitch.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote: > From: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com> > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:11:33 -0800 > >> As you mention, one of the biggest benefits of Open vSwitch is how >> simple the kernel portions are (it's less than 6000 lines). It's >> existed as an out-of-tree project for several years now so it's >> actually fairly mature already and unlikely that there will be a >> sudden influx of new code over the coming months. > > The packet scheduler classification and packet action infrastructure > has been around 5 times longer. The only point that I was trying to make with that comment is that it's unlikely that Open vSwitch will suddenly get more complex due to the introduction of new code. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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