Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 07:59:24 +0000 From: Matt Churchyard <matt.churchyard@userve.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Vale port naming Message-ID: <22d076ee848941ffaa6769019d278bbb@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> In-Reply-To: <20160404223941.GB25187@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <a019e4d9df0648e4affdc2dfa62595d9@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> <20160404223748.GA25187@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <20160404223941.GB25187@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
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> On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 10:37:48PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 11:29:31AM +0000, Matt Churchyard via freebsd-net wrote: > > > From the little information I can find on the net it seems that valeX:Y is the format for a port on a vale switch. > > > Some examples use vale0:1, others use a letter such as valeA:0. The only details I can find is a vague reference to a 15/16? character limit, > > > although I don't know whether that applies to just the first part of the whole thing. > > > > Can anyone clarify the valid format for a vale switch/port? > > Is there any length or character restriction on X & Y? > > According to the vale.4 manpage: > > vale ports are named vale[bdg:][port] where vale is the prefix > indicating a VALE switch rather than a standard interface, bdg > indicates a specific switch (the colon is a separator), and port > indicates a port within the switch. Bridge and port names are > arbitrary strings, the only constraint being that the full name > must fit within 16 characters. > > The manpage is confusing in that the name must be 15 characters plus > the NUL character. Given the other limits, it looks like bdg can be > up to 8 characters in practice. > Having hit send, I've noticed I'm wrong here. :) In fact, you have 10 characters to split betwen bdg and port. > -- Brooks Ok, so I can assume using port names like "vale9d9af:66aa9" isn't the reason that my test machine is panicing. I might give 10.3 a go instead of head and see how I get on with that. Matt
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