[ovs-dev] 4104 flows

[Derek Cormier]

...and when a controller connects, the number goes down to 7.

On 03/10/2011 01:36 PM, Derek Cormier wrote:
> No, they don't appear in dump-flows. In dump-tables, the active count 
> is 8 before I have added any flows.
>
> The last commit in my openvswitch repo is 
> 740bc6a4f2d70cb9c4d362895d26948820bdca79 from February 4.
>
> -- Derek
>
> On 03/10/2011 01:22 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Derek Cormier
>> <derek.cormier at lab.ntt.co.jp>  wrote:
>>> Open vSwitch starts up with 8 flows, giving my magic number of 4104.
>>>
>>> By the way, what are those 8 flows used for?
>> It sounds like these are probably the "in-band control" flows that 
>> are used to
>> ensure that the switch can connect to its controller.  Do they appear in
>> "ovs-ofctl dump-flows" output?  (What version of Open vSwitch are you 
>> using?)
>