Re: [PATCH 2/5] vlan: add ifcfg-vlan parser

[Weiping Pan <wpan redhat com>]

On 11/21/2011 12:45 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> I think you should support the common and documented format:
>
> DEVICE=eth0.43
>
> which is documented in /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
>
>    Ethernet 802.1q VLAN items:
>       DEVICE=eth0.42
>         Initscripts use the device name for VLAN devices.
>                 Example: eth0.42 for vlan 42 on device eth0.
>         Valid VLAN ID range is 0-4095. Most ethernet switches reserve
>         VLAN ID 1 to be used as management VLAN; starting from VLAN
>         ID 2 is recommended.
>       REORDER_HDR=yes|no
>         When enabled the VLAN device will move the ethernet header
>         around to make it look exactly like a real ethernet device.
>         This may help programs such as ISC dhcpd which read the raw
>         ethernet packet and make assumptions about the location of
>         bytes. If you don't need it turn it off because there
>         is a small performance penalty. Default is on.
>       GVRP=yes|no
>         When enabled, this will announce new vlan creation to a GVRP
>         enabled trunk port on a switch. Default is off.
Ok, thanks

Weiping Pan