[ovs-dev] [PATCH V11 3/4] 802.1AD: Describe 802.1ad changes

Thomas F Herbert thomasfherbert at gmail.com
Tue Jun 23 18:38:39 UTC 2015


From: "Thomas F. Herbert" <thomasfherbert at gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Thomas F Herbert <thomasfherbert at gmail.com>
---
 NEWS                     | 2 ++
 utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a0664dc..581da59 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Post-v2.4.0
 
 v2.4.0 - xx xxx xxxx
 ---------------------
+   - Add support for 8021.AD as specified in OpenFlow 1.1+. Adds push and pop
+     of 802.1AD Ethertype and handling of QinQ or double stacked Vlans.
    - Flow table modifications are now atomic, meaning that each packet
      now sees a coherent version of the OpenFlow pipeline.  For
      example, if a controller removes all flows with a single OpenFlow
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 63c2ecc..5ab252d 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -1327,8 +1327,7 @@ Strips the VLAN tag from a packet if it is present.
 .
 .IP \fBpush_vlan\fR:\fIethertype\fR
 Push a new VLAN tag onto the packet.  Ethertype is used as the the Ethertype
-for the tag. Only ethertype 0x8100 should be used. (0x88a8 which the spec
-allows isn't supported at the moment.)
+for the tag. Ethertypes 0x8100 or 0x88a8 may be used.
 A priority of zero and the tag of zero are used for the new tag.
 .
 .IP \fBpush_mpls\fR:\fIethertype\fR
-- 
2.1.0




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