netdev - Re: openvswitch question

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Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:36:38 -0700
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	ratheesh kannoth <ratheesh.ksz@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: openvswitch question

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:44 AM, ratheesh kannoth
<ratheesh.ksz@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
>
> openvswitch internal devices are not real nic. So some routine should
> receive the packet  for this interface. Who is receiving packet for
> this internal device.
> I could find a question similar floating without any answer
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvswitch.devel/19402

>From the perspective of the network stack, there is no difference
between Open vSwitch internal devices and real NICs so the entry
points into the stack are the same.
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