lantz/mininet — comment on commit 62a82f16454c2e5928dcd2e4e4d95d3dd4746f83
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By lantz:

I don't think you can use the Linux bridge at the same time, so presumably OVS's bridge compatibility module is being used.

On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Brandon Heller wrote:

> Since this uses brctl I think a better name for RemoteSwitch would be RemoteLinuxBridge.
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> Unlike RemoteController, where we know the controller is away and assume it is fully created and configured outside Mininet's purview, here the ports are not getting created by MN but _are_ getting ports configured. Seems like a weird hybrid. Why not create it inside Mininet? What's the use case?
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