From: Ben Pfaff Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:09:56 +0000 (-0800) Subject: FAQ.md: Correct claims about MPLS. X-Git-Tag: v2.4.0~821 X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.eti.br/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b6fe204d2da016e7e0c7fc591e9ed95e23067d19;hp=b770275d1099e534cacbcd2bca93cb9103877aa5;p=cascardo%2Fovs.git FAQ.md: Correct claims about MPLS. An examination of the source code and the tests shows that the FAQ claimed more for version 2.3 than was really in there. Reported-by: null pointer Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar --- diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index be2c6ab3e..458e07ac0 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -1257,14 +1257,16 @@ A: Before version 1.11, Open vSwitch did not support MPLS. That is, packet. Kernel datapath support is unchanged from earlier versions. - Open vSwitch version 2.3 can match, push, or pop up to 3 MPLS - labels. Looking past MPLS labels into the encapsulated packet will - still be unsupported. Both userspace and kernel datapaths will be - supported, but MPLS processing always happens in userspace either - way, so kernel datapath performance will be disappointing. - - Open vSwitch version 2.4 will have kernel support for MPLS, - yielding improved performance. + Open vSwitch version 2.3 can match, push, or pop a single MPLS + label and look past the MPLS label into the encapsulated packet. + Both userspace and kernel datapaths will be supported, but MPLS + processing always happens in userspace either way, so kernel + datapath performance will be disappointing. + + Open vSwitch version 2.4 can match, push, or pop up to 3 MPLS + labels and look past the MPLS label into the encapsulated packet. + It will have kernel support for MPLS, yielding improved + performance. ### Q: I'm getting "error type 45250 code 0". What's that?