X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=utilities%2Fovs-vlan-test.8.in;h=602d785d744c7bd6b67707eb132b8994f753d5b9;hb=431488e6638d3fbb53d215fa10d2ff2d8f1c2824;hp=fbf1552f079ec49635f2e1f993cbf8f90b4023e5;hpb=21dcb94fd5fbfda3b281cfcf124ab57802d77c23;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vlan-test.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vlan-test.8.in index fbf1552f0..602d785d7 100644 --- a/utilities/ovs-vlan-test.8.in +++ b/utilities/ovs-vlan-test.8.in @@ -18,23 +18,7 @@ client mode connecting to an \fBovs\-vlan\-test\fR server. \fBovs\-vlan\-test\fR will display "OK" if it did not detect problems. .PP Some examples of the types of problems that may be encountered are: -.IP \(bu -When NICs use vlan stripping on receive they must pass a pointer to -a vlan group when reporting the stripped tag to the networking core. -If there is no vlan group in use then some drivers just drop the -extracted tag. Drivers are supposed to only enable stripping if a -vlan group is registered but not all of them do that. -. -.IP \(bu -Some drivers size their receive buffers based on whether a vlan -group is enabled, meaning that a maximum size packet with a vlan tag -will not fit if a vlan group is not configured. -. -.IP \(bu -On transmit some drivers expect that vlan acceleration will be used -if it is available (which can only be done if a vlan group is -configured). In these cases, the driver may fail to parse the packet -and correctly setup checksum offloading and/or TSO. +.so utilities/ovs-vlan-bugs.man . .SS "Client Mode" An \fBovs\-vlan\-test\fR client may be run on a host to check for VLAN