From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/6] vxlan: document UDP default port
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:31:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130427213258.207552537@vyatta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20130427213151.255971631@vyatta.com
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The default port for VXLAN is not same as IANA value.
Document this.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c 2013-04-27 13:38:54.124378801 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c 2013-04-27 13:38:57.232338603 -0700
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* TODO
- * - use IANA UDP port number (when defined)
* - IPv6 (not in RFC)
*/
@@ -65,7 +64,10 @@ struct vxlanhdr {
__be32 vx_vni;
};
-/* UDP port for VXLAN traffic. */
+/* UDP port for VXLAN traffic.
+ * The IANA assigned port is 4789, but the Linux default is 8472
+ * for compatability with early adopters.
+ */
static unsigned int vxlan_port __read_mostly = 8472;
module_param_named(udp_port, vxlan_port, uint, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(udp_port, "Destination UDP port");
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-27 21:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-27 21:31 [PATCH net-next 0/6] vxlan: port related patches Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-27 21:31 ` [PATCH net-next 1/6] vxlan: update mail address and copyright date Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-27 21:31 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2013-04-27 21:31 ` [PATCH net-next 3/6] vxlan: fix byte order issues with NDA_PORT Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-29 15:47 ` David Stevens
2013-04-29 23:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-27 21:31 ` [PATCH net-next 4/6] vxlan: source compatiablity with IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP (v2) Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-27 21:31 ` [PATCH net-next 5/6] vxlan: compute source port in network byte order Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-27 21:31 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] vxlan: allow choosing destination port per vxlan Stephen Hemminger
2013-04-27 21:47 ` [PATCH iproute2] iproute2: add vxlan dstport option Stephen Hemminger
2013-05-10 22:12 ` Sridhar Samudrala
2013-04-29 16:07 ` [PATCH net-next 0/6] vxlan: port related patches David Miller
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