netdev - Re: openvswitch question

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Message-ID: <532C0B76.4020108@6wind.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:50:46 +0100
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>,
	ratheesh kannoth <ratheesh.ksz@...il.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: openvswitch question

Le 20/03/2014 02:36, Jesse Gross a écrit :
> 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.

Stop me if I'm wrong, but there may be a difference with netns, the netdevice
can be in a different netns than the ovs port.
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