netdev - Re: [Patch iproute2] vxlan: use 8472 as default dst port

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Message-Id: <20130515.132213.120685330795916926.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 15 May 2013 13:22:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:	dlstevens@...ibm.com, amwang@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch iproute2] vxlan: use 8472 as default dst port

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 09:53:22 -0700

> No. I want all users to get the IANA assigned port unless they specifically
> override it. For compatibility kernel can't change to the IANA value
> but user space needs to nudge users in the correct direction.

You're changing the behavior people get by invoking the tools the way
they were doing so previously.

Therefore, just as we can't change the kernel's default, you really
can't legitimately change iproute2's either.
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