Commit d2a85c18 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by David S. Miller

docs: networking: convert vxlan.txt to ReST

- add SPDX header;
- adjust title markup;
- mark code blocks and literals as such;
- adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines where needed;
- add to networking/index.rst.
Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 58ccb2b2
...@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Contents: ...@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Contents:
tuntap tuntap
udplite udplite
vrf vrf
vxlan
.. only:: subproject and html .. only:: subproject and html
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Virtual eXtensible Local Area Networking documentation Virtual eXtensible Local Area Networking documentation
====================================================== ======================================================
...@@ -21,8 +24,9 @@ neighbors GRE and VLAN. Configuring VXLAN requires the version of ...@@ -21,8 +24,9 @@ neighbors GRE and VLAN. Configuring VXLAN requires the version of
iproute2 that matches the kernel release where VXLAN was first merged iproute2 that matches the kernel release where VXLAN was first merged
upstream. upstream.
1. Create vxlan device 1. Create vxlan device::
# ip link add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1 dstport 4789
# ip link add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1 dstport 4789
This creates a new device named vxlan0. The device uses the multicast This creates a new device named vxlan0. The device uses the multicast
group 239.1.1.1 over eth1 to handle traffic for which there is no group 239.1.1.1 over eth1 to handle traffic for which there is no
...@@ -32,20 +36,25 @@ pre-dates the IANA's selection of a standard destination port number ...@@ -32,20 +36,25 @@ pre-dates the IANA's selection of a standard destination port number
and uses the Linux-selected value by default to maintain backwards and uses the Linux-selected value by default to maintain backwards
compatibility. compatibility.
2. Delete vxlan device 2. Delete vxlan device::
# ip link delete vxlan0
# ip link delete vxlan0
3. Show vxlan info 3. Show vxlan info::
# ip -d link show vxlan0
# ip -d link show vxlan0
It is possible to create, destroy and display the vxlan It is possible to create, destroy and display the vxlan
forwarding table using the new bridge command. forwarding table using the new bridge command.
1. Create forwarding table entry 1. Create forwarding table entry::
# bridge fdb add to 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dst 192.19.0.2 dev vxlan0
# bridge fdb add to 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dst 192.19.0.2 dev vxlan0
2. Delete forwarding table entry::
# bridge fdb delete 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dev vxlan0
2. Delete forwarding table entry 3. Show forwarding table::
# bridge fdb delete 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dev vxlan0
3. Show forwarding table # bridge fdb show dev vxlan0
# bridge fdb show dev vxlan0
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