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List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] newbie question about openvswitch_ioctl() function
From:       jpettit () nicira ! com (Justin Pettit)
Date:       2011-04-07 6:03:41
Message-ID: 9C7384C1-BDC4-426D-9713-B6DF1BDA2E14 () nicira ! com
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The userspace (ovs-vswitchd) uses ioctls to communicate with the kernel module \
(openvswitch_mod.ko) to have it do things like add and remove flows.  That's the \
function that handles the ioctl requests.

The code in repository no longer uses ioctls, but instead uses netlink.  We're \
planning to release version 1.1.0 of Open vSwitch tomorrow, which will use that new \
mechanism.

--Justin


On Apr 6, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Tahir Rauf wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Can someone please explain the purpose of the function named "openvswitch_ioctl()" \
> in datapath.c file. I have found no documentation about this function. Any help \
> will be appreciated 
> Regards
> 
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