netdev - Re: VxLAN support question

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Message-ID: <55C98A18.9020900@plumgrid.com>
Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:37:28 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
To:	Andrew Qu <andrew.qu@...iatek.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"tgraf@...g.ch" <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	"jesse@...ira.com" <jesse@...ira.com>,
	"pshelar@...ira.com" <pshelar@...ira.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VxLAN support question

On 8/10/15 4:47 PM, Andrew Qu wrote:
>
> Pretty much what I want is that  kernel will have about 1K interfaces (something like Tunnel100.1-tunnel100.1000
> To be created and attached to 1K bridge domains on which each VNI is associated with given
> VNI to bridge-domain will be assigned using other CLIs)

creating 1k vxlan devices is doable, but you probably want to take
a look at recently added metadata mode of vxlan.
Also sounds like for each vni you'd need a different multicast group?
What fabric going to support that?

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