Re: [Xen-users] openvswitch

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 23:47 +0100, James Harper wrote:
> I'm testing openvswitch, and am having some problems. I have set up
> the switch, and created a port called vif-james, and then in my domu
> config I set vifname=vif-james, but when the interface gets created it
> doesn't get 'plugged in' to the switch. Is it supposed to work that
> way?
> 
> ovs-dpctl doesn't list the port as having a datapath. If I remove the
> port and re-create it it works fine.

Perhaps you need a "vif-openvswitch" (similar to "vif-bridge") to
configure the port at create time?

I'm not sure if "pre-creating" the port as you seem to have done would
be expected to work but that'd be one for vswitch list I think.

Ian.


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