[ovs-dev] IEEE 802.1Q in Openvswitch !

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Tue Jun 26 18:23:17 UTC 2018


On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:52:36PM +0530, rakesh kumar wrote:
> As 3-bit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit> field called the Priority Code
> Point (*PCP*) within an Ethernet frame header when using V
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN>LAN  tagged frames as defined by *IEEE
> 802.1Q*. It specifies a priority value of between *0 and 7* inclusive that
> can be used by QoS disciplines to differentiate traffic.
> 
> Could someone from  the list  help me to find how OVS  is handling the
> above in code  in Kernel mode  ?

OVS doesn't do anything special with it.  It treats it like any other
field.


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