[ovs-dev] vlan tagging anigma

[Jesse Gross]

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Philip Roth <philip.rothy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
> I'm noticing a weird behaviour when a vlan tagged frame arrives to push_vlan
> method.
> I'm sending a vlan tagged frame to ovs throught port 1 and have the
> following rule:
> "table=1,in_port=1,actions=push_vlan:0x8100,2" & I'm sniffing all the
> traffic on port 2.
> When i send a vlan tagged frame, i notice that it's protocol is 0x800 and
> not 0x8100, thus it's not entering the "push down vlan" case. instead, it
> runs over the current vlan tag with 0.

Why would the EtherType be 0x8100 before adding a vlan tag?

It sounds like you're modifying the code but that's not really clear
nor are your exact changes or goals so it's really hard to tell what's
going on.