[ovs-dev] [PATCH V2] compat: Allow IPv6 GRE/ERSPAN Tx when ip6_gre is loaded

Gregory Rose gvrose8192 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 27 20:39:30 UTC 2018


On 7/27/2018 12:31 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:20:08AM -0700, Greg Rose wrote:
>> When for some reason the built-in kernel ip6_gre module is loaded that
>> would prevent the openvswitch kernel driver from loading.  Even when
>> the built-in kernel ip6_gre module is loaded we can still perform
>> port mirroring via Tx.  Adjust the error handling and detect when
>> the ip6_gre kernel module is loaded and in that case still enable
>> IPv6 GRE/ERSPAN Tx.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192 at gmail.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> V2 - Fix up a couple of issues William found
> Thanks.  I applied this to master and branch-2.10.  If it should be
> backported further, please let me know how far.

Thanks Ben, I think master and 2.10 is fine.

- Greg


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