[libvirt] [PATCH 0/1] Add VLAN capability to openvswitch virtualport types

[Kyle Mestery (kmestery)]

On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:53 PM, dennis jenkins wrote:

> How would one specify VLAN trunk mode with only one vlan tag present?
> 
Actually, this is a deficiency with the model below, it isn't possible. I had thought
of using "vlantag=<tag>" for access ports, and "vlantrunk=<tags>" for trunks, but
was hoping to simplify things. Would the 2 different parameter approach be
better? What do others think?

Thanks,
Kyle


> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Kyle Mestery <kmestery at cisco.com> wrote:
>> With this change, it is now possible to support VLANs (both access and trunks)
>> for openvswitch ports in libvirt. This also takes into account the profileid
>> parameter, as the vlantag parameter is also optional.
>> 
>> Examples of this configuration are below.
>> 
>> Setup the port as an access port:
>> 
>> <interface type='bridge'>
>>  <mac address='52:54:00:30:23:a6'/>
>>  <source bridge='data-br'/>
>>  <virtualport type='openvswitch'>
>>    <parameters interfaceid='cdbbbc31-b7fe-16ca-a715-cc7cc76e18b2' vlantag='70'/>
>>  </virtualport>
>>  <model type='virtio'/>
>>  <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>> </interface>
>> 
>> Setup the port as an trunk port:
>> 
>> <interface type='bridge'>
>>  <mac address='52:54:00:30:23:a6'/>
>>  <source bridge='data-br'/>
>>  <virtualport type='openvswitch'>
>>    <parameters interfaceid='cdbbbc31-b7fe-16ca-a715-cc7cc76e18b2' vlantag='70,71,72'/>
>>  </virtualport>
>>  <model type='virtio'/>
>>  <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>> </interface>
>> 
>> src/conf/netdev_vport_profile_conf.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>> src/util/virnetdevopenvswitch.c      | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>> src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.h     |  2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> 
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