Source code for faucet.faucet_metadata

"""This module contains code relating to the use of OpenFlow Metadata within
Faucet.
"""

PORT_METADATA_MASK = 0xFFF
VLAN_METADATA_MASK = 0xFFF000
EGRESS_METADATA_MASK = PORT_METADATA_MASK | VLAN_METADATA_MASK



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def get_egress_metadata(port_num, vid):
    """Return the metadata value to output a packet to port port_num on vlan
    vid"""
    metadata = vid << 12 | (port_num & PORT_METADATA_MASK)
    return metadata, EGRESS_METADATA_MASK