[ovs-discuss] [OVS v2.4.0] - VXLAN UDP port configuration is not notified to L2 driver/interface.

[Jesse Gross]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Manish Chopra <manish.chopra at qlogic.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Detailed Description :
>
> I am trying to test VXLAN with OVS bridge with L2 driver. With OVS release
> version [2.4.0] package VXLAN udp port configuration is not notified to L2
> driver
>
> via ndo_add_vxlan_port interface. Due to this hardware is not able to do
> offload of features [like checksum etc.], Hence TCP/IP traffic with
> encapsulated offload enabled on NIC is not working.

You mean offloads aren't being performed and therefore things are
slower than if it was done in hardware or traffic doesn't flow?
Offloads should never be mandatory.

What is the base kernel version?