ovn-architecture: Document the registers used for logical ports.

When reviewing the OpenFlow flows generated by ovn-controller, it's nice to have this information. Signed-off-by: Justin Pettit <[email protected]> Acked-by: Russell Bryant <[email protected]>
OlivierB · Aug 10, 2015 · cd144a4 · cd144a4
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diff --git a/ovn/ovn-architecture.7.xml b/ovn/ovn-architecture.7.xml
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     <dt>logical input port field</dt>
     <dd>
-      A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet entered the
-      logical datapath.  OVN stores this in a Nicira extension register.  (This
-      field is passed across tunnels as part of the tunnel key.)
+      A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet
+      entered the logical datapath.  OVN stores this in Nicira extension
+      register number 6.  (This field is passed across tunnels as part
+      of the tunnel key.)
     </dd>
 
     <dt>logical output port field</dt>
     <dd>
-      A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet will leave
-      the logical datapath.  This is initialized to 0 at the beginning of the
-      logical ingress pipeline.  OVN stores this in a Nicira extension
-      register.  (This field is passed across tunnels as part of the tunnel
-      key.)
+      A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet will
+      leave the logical datapath.  This is initialized to 0 at the
+      beginning of the logical ingress pipeline.  OVN stores this in
+      Nicira extension register number 7.  (This field is passed across
+      tunnels as part of the tunnel key.)
     </dd>
 
     <dt>VLAN ID</dt>