[pox-dev] [ovs-discuss] Changing the default action.

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 11:03:11PM -0800, Jayanth Silesh wrote:
> ??cookie=0x0, duration=66.042s, table=1, n_packets=62, n_bytes=2604, idle_age=3, hard_age=62, in_port=1 actions=load:0x7->NXM_NX_REG5[]
> ??cookie=0x0, duration=66.042s, table=1, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=66, in_port=2, NXM_NX_REG5[]=0x7 actions=output:1
> 
> 
> So, when the packet is received, it will match will the flow entry1 but the action is just to change the value of the register only.
> So does the switch drop the packet after changing the register value?

Yes.

> If so, then drop is the default action. Is there any way to change the
> default action for a particular table?

OpenFlow doesn't have this concept of a "default action".  Instead, your
flow table entries specify what the switch should do.