netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net-next] add DOVE extensions for VXLAN

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Message-Id: <20121120.134153.1601157241229102533.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:41:53 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dlstevens@...ibm.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net-next] add DOVE extensions for VXLAN

From: David L Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:50:14 -0500

> 
> 	This patch provides extensions to VXLAN for supporting Distributed
> Overlay Virtual Ethernet (DOVE) networks. The patch includes:
> 
> 	+ a dove flag per VXLAN device to enable DOVE extensions
> 	+ ARP reduction, whereby a bridge-connected VXLAN tunnel endpoint
> 		answers ARP requests from the local bridge on behalf of
> 		remote DOVE clients
> 	+ route short-circuiting (aka L3 switching). Known destination IP
> 		addresses use the corresponding destination MAC address for
> 		switching rather than going to a (possibly remote) router first.
> 	+ netlink notification messages for forwarding table and L3 switching
> 		misses
> 
> Changes since v2
> 	- combined bools into "u32 flags"
> 	- replaced loop with !is_zero_ether_addr()
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com>

Applied, thanks David.
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