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Date:      Sun, 07 Jan 2018 02:19:03 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 224961] VLAN ID 0 Not Supported
Message-ID:  <bug-224961-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 224961
           Summary: VLAN ID 0 Not Supported
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: johnllyon@gmail.com

Creating a virtual interface with the VLAN ID set to 0 (e.g., em0.0, em1.0,
etc.) is not supported by FreeBSD's vlan implementation.  The issue is that
IEEE 802.1Q specifies that VLAN 0 is "reserved." FreeBSD honors this
reservation because the implementation is standards compliant.  However, in
some instances it would be able to create interfaces on VLAN 0 (e.g., when
wanting to use FreeBSD for a "reserved" purpose).

I understand that standards compliance is the good default design here.=20
However, it would be great if there were a sysctl flag that could be set to
allow interfaces on VLAN0.  The default value could be for standards compli=
ant
behavior, thereby allowing users to enable VLAN 0 if desired and they know =
what
they are doing.

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