Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:20:31 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Matt Churchyard <matt.churchyard@userve.net> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vale port naming Message-ID: <CA%2BhQ2%2BifH=ift%2Bik8eF8xevuoUrCQ=vLSz0D-3ybmUme6RkWWg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <22d076ee848941ffaa6769019d278bbb@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> References: <a019e4d9df0648e4affdc2dfa62595d9@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> <20160404223748.GA25187@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <20160404223941.GB25187@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <22d076ee848941ffaa6769019d278bbb@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com>
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please fetch the version from github.com/luigirizzo/netmap if you want a more recent version of the code, and email me directly if you have a panic. Both the versioni in HEAD and 10.x are lagging a bit behind. cheers luigi On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Matt Churchyard via freebsd-net < freebsd-net@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 10:37:48PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 11:29:31AM +0000, Matt Churchyard via > freebsd-net wrote: > > > > 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 details 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 thing. > > > > > > Can anyone clarify the valid format for a vale switch/port? > > > Is there any length or character restriction on X & Y? > > > > According to the vale.4 manpage: > > > > vale ports are named vale[bdg:][port] where vale is the prefix > > indicating a VALE switch rather than a standard interface, bdg > > indicates a specific switch (the colon is a separator), and port > > indicates a port within the switch. Bridge and port names are > > arbitrary strings, the only constraint being that the full name > > must fit within 16 characters. > > > > The manpage is confusing in that the name must be 15 characters plus > > the NUL character. Given the other limits, it looks like bdg can be > > up to 8 characters in practice. > > > Having hit send, I've noticed I'm wrong here. :) In fact, you have 10 > characters to split betwen bdg and port. > > > -- Brooks > > Ok, so I can assume using port names like "vale9d9af:66aa9" isn't the > reason that my test machine is panicing. > I might give 10.3 a go instead of head and see how I get on with that. > > Matt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- -----------------------------------------+------------------------------- Prof. Luigi RIZZO, rizzo@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL +39-050-2217533 . via Diotisalvi 2 Mobile +39-338-6809875 . 56122 PISA (Italy) -----------------------------------------+-------------------------------
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