Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:41:29 +0100 From: Harry Schmalzbauer <freebsd@omnilan.de> To: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are ./valte-ctl and ./bridge friends or competitors? Message-ID: <58D02259.9010101@omnilan.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B_eA9hso4AKpFEJCXWHYYz5tbLx4jT2o=3c-3YrWM98ovB8%2BA@mail.gmail.com> References: <58CBA727.3040108@omnilan.de> <58CBBF7A.8050604@omnilan.de> <CA%2B_eA9jYxRoi2HPcVjKbifTM43nnHeMQGDmmQvsw5UdXtLmFug@mail.gmail.com> <58CC26CF.5050708@omnilan.de> <CA%2B_eA9j30Shp1QB%2B6UY1YRqsWKRo4xqPvDRnMHT25VQL4QhQ_Q@mail.gmail.com> <58CFA606.7090306@omnilan.de> <CA%2B_eA9hso4AKpFEJCXWHYYz5tbLx4jT2o=3c-3YrWM98ovB8%2BA@mail.gmail.com>
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Bezüglich Vincenzo Maffione's Nachricht vom 20.03.2017 12:50 (localtime): … >> So to summarize for newbies exploring netmap(4) world in combination >> with physical uplinks and virtual interfaces, it's important to do the >> following uplink NIC configuration (ifconfig(8)): >> -rxcsum -txcsum -rxcsum6 -txcsum6 -tso -lro promisc >> > > Exactly. This is mentioned at the very end of netmap(4): > > "netmap does not use features such as checksum offloading, TCP segmentation > offloading, encryption, VLAN encapsulation/decapsulation, etc. When using > netmap to exchange packets with the host stack, make sure to disable these > features." > > But it is probably a good idea to add these example ifconfig instructions > somewhere (man page or at least the README in the netmap repo). > > >> >> I guess vlanhwtag, vlanhwfilter and vlanhwtso don't interfere, do they? >> > > Well, I think they interfere: if you receive a tagged packet and the NIC > strips the tag and puts it in the packet descriptor, then with netmap you > will see the untagged packet, and you wouldn't have a way to see the tag. Hmm, if I connect a vlan child to VALE (once I provided crash info and someone capable fixed it), it's intentional that the tag was removed. Otoh, if I attach the parent interface to VALE, stripping isn't done yet, even if there are children defined for a specific vlan id. I see all frames tagged on the parent, at least it was so when I checked that last time, maybe 2 years ago. I'm always creating childs with vlan id 1 if I want a interface without taged frames. Hope I'm not missing something obvious again, I'm about to call it a day here. Thanks, -harry
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