From patchwork Thu Sep 15 18:11:10 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ben Pfaff X-Patchwork-Id: 670530 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from archives.nicira.com (archives.nicira.com [96.126.127.54]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sZmgz1NVLz9sD5 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:11:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from archives.nicira.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by archives.nicira.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF5010896; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:11:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: dev@openvswitch.org Delivered-To: dev@openvswitch.org Received: from mx1e4.cudamail.com (mx1.cudamail.com [69.90.118.67]) by archives.nicira.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B3C010894 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bar5.cudamail.com (unknown [192.168.21.12]) by mx1e4.cudamail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 997711E02FC for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:11:18 -0600 (MDT) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1473963077-09eadd353218b4a0001-byXFYA Received: from mx3-pf2.cudamail.com ([192.168.14.1]) by bar5.cudamail.com with ESMTP id TraXg4F08wCXjMlc (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:11:18 -0600 (MDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: blp@ovn.org X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 192.168.14.1 Received: from unknown (HELO relay4-d.mail.gandi.net) (217.70.183.196) by mx3-pf2.cudamail.com with ESMTPS (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted); 15 Sep 2016 18:11:17 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (mx3-pf2.cudamail.com: SPF record at ovn.org designates 217.70.183.196 as permitted sender) X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 217.70.183.196 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: 217.70.183.196 Received: from mfilter6-d.gandi.net (mfilter6-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.135]) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E331720B1; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:11:15 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter6-d.gandi.net Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([IPv6:::ffff:217.70.183.196]) by mfilter6-d.gandi.net (mfilter6-d.gandi.net [::ffff:10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oi5YSJNPRktP; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:11:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Originating-IP: 208.91.2.3 Received: from sigabrt.benpfaff.org (unknown [208.91.2.3]) (Authenticated sender: blp@ovn.org) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 78F14172098; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:11:13 +0200 (CEST) X-CudaMail-Envelope-Sender: blp@ovn.org From: Ben Pfaff To: dev@openvswitch.org X-CudaMail-Whitelist-To: dev@openvswitch.org X-CudaMail-MID: CM-V2-914036258 X-CudaMail-DTE: 091516 X-CudaMail-Originating-IP: 217.70.183.196 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:11:10 -0700 X-ASG-Orig-Subj: [##CM-V2-914036258##][PATCH] FAQ: ERSPAN is no longer undocumented. Message-Id: <1473963070-3712-1-git-send-email-blp@ovn.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.3 X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[192.168.14.1] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1473963078 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://web.cudamail.com:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-ASG-Whitelist: Header =?UTF-8?B?eFwtY3VkYW1haWxcLXdoaXRlbGlzdFwtdG8=?= X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at cudamail.com X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 Cc: Ben Pfaff Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: ERSPAN is no longer undocumented. X-BeenThere: dev@openvswitch.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: dev-bounces@openvswitch.org Sender: "dev" See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-foschiano-erspan-01. Even though that draft has expired, it's genuine documentation. Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Acked-by: William Tu --- FAQ.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 01e2648..b769f89 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -541,9 +541,8 @@ A: The following commands configure br0 with eth0 and tap0 as trunk ### Q: Does Open vSwitch support ERSPAN? -A: No. ERSPAN is an undocumented proprietary protocol. As an - alternative, Open vSwitch supports mirroring to a GRE tunnel (see - above). +A: No. As an alternative, Open vSwitch supports mirroring to a GRE + tunnel (see above). ### Q: How do I connect two bridges?