@@ -349,10 +349,30 @@ where <phy_dev> is the physical device to which VLAN device is bound.
- specifies whether the VLAN device state is bound to the physical device state.
.BI ingress-qos-map " QOS-MAP "
-- defines a mapping between priority code points on incoming frames. The format is FROM:TO with multiple mappings separated by spaces.
+- defines a mapping of VLAN header prio field to the Linux internal packet
+priority on incoming frames. The format is FROM:TO with multiple mappings
+separated by spaces.
.BI egress-qos-map " QOS-MAP "
-- the same as ingress-qos-map but for outgoing frames.
+- defines a mapping of Linux internal packet priority to VLAN header prio field
+but for outgoing frames. The format is the same as for ingress-qos-map.
+.in +4
+
+Linux packet priority can be set by
+.BR iptables "(8)":
+.in +4
+.sp
+.B iptables
+-t mangle -A POSTROUTING [...] -j CLASSIFY --set-class 0:4
+.sp
+.in -4
+and this "4" priority can be used in the egress qos mapping to set VLAN prio "5":
+.sp
+.in +4
+.B ip
+link set veth0.10 type vlan egress 4:5
+.in -4
+.in -4
.in -8
.TP
@@ -1090,7 +1110,8 @@ IEEE 802.15.4 device wpan0.
.br
.BR ip (8),
.BR ip-netns (8),
-.BR ethtool (8)
+.BR ethtool (8),
+.BR iptables (8)
.SH AUTHOR
Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com>