From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Mon Apr 4 11:59:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C861BB03EF7 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2016 11:59:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.churchyard@userve.net) Received: from smtp-outbound.userve.net (smtp-outbound.userve.net [217.196.1.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.userve.net", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AC5D11E1 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2016 11:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.churchyard@userve.net) Received: from owa.usd-group.com (owa.usd-group.com [217.196.1.2]) by smtp-outbound.userve.net (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTPS id u34BTbJN062047 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:29:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matt.churchyard@userve.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=userve.net; s=201508; t=1459769379; bh=hf1jUyHSg1PCT2la8BEPnwyzqDB6J1vssraFlXcXd4I=; h=From:To:Subject:Date; b=Hs9QQn1uZzl9iJJKH44zjzDOU9erak/Ii/d/+HRZ0iaooRJldj1pmVILWMWY8Ozwe /NQhlsp5LC0jNtZBwSCaGNOUmiVxbwmYtcV/eCMkhHeR22r6nrLFvPuDzKASF84v4v WfCSn+JM1mzb8NEYQVw5T5VnHbCJLMrXhfWDD4Ss= Received: from SERVER.ad.usd-group.com (192.168.0.1) by SERVER.ad.usd-group.com (192.168.0.1) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.847.32; Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:29:32 +0100 Received: from SERVER.ad.usd-group.com ([fe80::b19d:892a:6fc7:1c9]) by SERVER.ad.usd-group.com ([fe80::b19d:892a:6fc7:1c9%12]) with mapi id 15.00.0847.030; Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:29:32 +0100 From: Matt Churchyard To: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" Subject: Vale port naming Thread-Topic: Vale port naming Thread-Index: AdGOZNYH6mnDR8loS6WdExmWBJs6Mw== Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 11:29:31 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [192.168.0.10] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:59:39 -0000 >From the little information I can find on the net it seems that valeX:Y is = the format for a port on a vale switch. Some examples use vale0:1, others use a letter such as valeA:0. The only de= tails I can find is a vague reference to a 15/16? character limit, although= I don't know whether that applies to just the first part of the whole thin= g. Can anyone clarify the valid format for a vale switch/port? Is there any length or character restriction on X & Y? Regards Matt Churchyard