netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] vxlan: implement GPE

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 15:57:12 +0200
From:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] vxlan: implement GPE

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:50:57 -0300, Tom Herbert wrote:
> I requested input from VXLAN protocol experts on whether RCO is
> architecturally correct in VXLAN and whether we are using the right
> fields both on the mailing list and in WG meeting yesterday @IETF.
> Have not gotten any response, so I am going to assume all this is
> reasonable. I will add explicit support to VXLAN-RCO draft for
> VXLAN-GPE. The configuration option for RX RCO can be removed and RCO
> can be supported for VXLAN/VXLAN-GPE in same way. Presumably, GBP
> might make same assumptions but GBP format as defined for VXLAN isn't
> compatible with VXLAN-GPE.

Cool, thanks! We'll loosen the restriction after it's added to the RFC,
it should be a simple one line patch.

 Jiri