From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Richter Subject: [PATCH 2/2 V2] iproute2 vxlan documentation update for ip command Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:05:43 +0200 Message-ID: <1373285143-21539-1-git-send-email-tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Richter To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from e06smtp13.uk.ibm.com ([195.75.94.109]:43377 "EHLO e06smtp13.uk.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751770Ab3GHMFx (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:05:53 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by e06smtp13.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 13:01:29 +0100 Received: from b06cxnps3075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06relay10.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.109.195]) by d06dlp03.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B38D1B0805D for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 13:05:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from d06av06.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av06.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.37.217]) by b06cxnps3075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id r68C5can54460452 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:05:38 GMT Received: from d06av06.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d06av06.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id r68C5n4P001039 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2013 06:05:49 -0600 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The ip link command line help and the ip-link.8.in man page are outdated in regards to the vxlan support. The patch updates both the command line help for the ip command and its man page. Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter --- ip/iplink.c | 2 +- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index 2e89efe..86e0bc9 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -196,6 +196,91 @@ specifies the number of transmit queues for new device. .BI numrxqueues " QUEUE_COUNT " specifies the number of receive queues for new device. +.TP +VXLAN Type Support +For a link of type +.I VXLAN +the following additional arguments are supported: + +.BI "ip link add " DEVICE +.BI type " vxlan " id " ID +.R " [ " +.BI dev " PHYS_DEV " +.R " ] [ " +.BI group " IPADDR " +.R " ] [ " +.BI local " IPADDR " +.R " ] [ " +.BI ttl " TTL " +.R " ] [ " +.BI tos " TOS " +.R " ] [ " +.BI port " MIN MAX " +.R " ] [ " +.I "[no]learning " +.R " ] [ " +.I "[no]proxy " +.R " ] [ " +.I "[no]rsc " +.R " ] [ " +.I "[no]l2miss " +.R " ] [ " +.I "[no]l3miss " +.R " ]" + +.in +8 +.sp +.BI id " VNI " +- specifies the VXLAN Network Identifer (or VXLAN Segment +Identifier) to use. + +.BI dev " PHYS_DEV" +- specifies the physical device to use for tunnel endpoint communication. + +.sp +.BI group " IPADDR" +- specifies the multicast IP address to join. + +.sp +.BI local " IPADDR" +- specifies the source IP address to use in outgoing packets. + +.sp +.BI ttl " TTL" +- specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing packets. + +.sp +.BI tos " TOS" +- specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing packets. + +.sp +.BI port " MIN MAX" +- specifies the range of port numbers to use as UDP +source ports to communicate to the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. + +.sp +.I [no]learning +- specifies if unknown source link layer addresses and IP addresses +are entered into the VXLAN device forwarding database. + +.sp +.I [no]rsc +- specifies if route short circuit is turned on. + +.sp +.I [no]proxy +- specifies ARP proxy is turned on. + +.sp +.I [no]l2miss +- specifies if netlink LLADDR miss notifications are generated. + +.sp +.I [no]l3miss +- specifies if netlink IP ADDR miss notifications are generated. + +.in -8 + .SS ip link delete - delete virtual link .I DEVICE specifies the virtual device to act operate on. -- 1.8.1.4