mininet.node.SWITCH_PORT_BASE specifies first switch port number.

This should be mostly cosmetic, but it causes switches to number
their ports consistently with OpenFlow 1.0, which starts at 1.
For older versions of OpenFlow, SWITCH_PORT_BASE may be set to zero.

mininet/node.py

@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ import select
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
 from time import sleep
 
-from mininet.log import info, error, debug
+from mininet.log import info, error, warn, debug
 from mininet.util import quietRun, makeIntfPair, moveIntf, isShellBuiltin
 from mininet.moduledeps import moduleDeps, OVS_KMOD, OF_KMOD, TUN
 
-PORT_BASE = 1  # Port numbering to start from.  OF > v0.9 is 1-indexed.
-
+SWITCH_PORT_BASE = 1  # For OF > 0.9, switch ports start at 1 rather than zero
 
 class Node( object ):
     """A virtual network node is simply a shell in a network namespace.
@@ -62,6 +61,8 @@ class Node( object ):
     inToNode = {}  # mapping of input fds to nodes
     outToNode = {}  # mapping of output fds to nodes
 
+    portBase = 0  # Nodes always start with eth0/port0, even in OF 1.0
+    
     def __init__( self, name, inNamespace=True,
         defaultMAC=None, defaultIP=None, **kwargs ):
         """name: name of node
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ class Node( object ):
         "Return the next port number to allocate."
         if len( self.ports ) > 0:
             return max( self.ports.values() ) + 1
-        return PORT_BASE
+        return self.portBase
 
     def addIntf( self, intf, port=None ):
         """Add an interface.
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@ class Switch( Node ):
     """A Switch is a Node that is running (or has execed?)
        an OpenFlow switch."""
 
+    portBase = SWITCH_PORT_BASE  # 0 for OF < 1.0, 1 for OF >= 1.0
+
     def __init__( self, name, opts='', **kwargs):
         Node.__init__( self, name, **kwargs )
         self.opts = opts