[ovs-dev] [PATCH] vswitch.xml: Better explain vlan-limit.

Eric Garver eric at garver.life
Fri Sep 7 17:49:03 UTC 2018


On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 10:39:18AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> CC: Eric Garver <e at erig.me>
> Requested-by: Jerry Lilijun <jerry.lilijun at huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
> ---
>  vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> index e318151f0ce9..f05f616feed6 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
> @@ -493,11 +493,11 @@
>            e.g. a packet with more 802.1q headers will match Ethernet type
>            0x8100.
>          </p>
> +
>          <p>
> -          Value <code>0</code> means unlimited.  The actual number of supported
> -          VLAN headers is the smallest of <code>vlan-limit</code>, the number
> -          of VLANs supported by Open vSwitch userspace (currently 2), and the
> -          number supported by the datapath.
> +          Open vSwitch userspace currently supports at most 2 VLANs, and each
> +          datapath has its own limit.  If <code>vlan-limit</code> is nonzero,
> +          it acts as a further limit.
>          </p>
>  
>          <p>
> -- 
> 2.16.1

I think the simpler explanation helps. Thanks Ben!

Acked-by: Eric Garver <e at erig.me>


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