From edfac1dec95f6a360505a835112e310d291297c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:02:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ: Mention kernel support for MPLS in Open vSwitch 2.4. The recent mailing list thread about MPLS reminded me that the FAQ needs an update. CC: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Acked-by: Jesse Gross Acked-by: Simon Horman --- FAQ | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index e3085e820..df5ac0e05 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1239,12 +1239,14 @@ 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 2.2 will be able to 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 2.3 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. Q: I'm getting "error type 45250 code 0". What's that?