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Bug #9548

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Do not use VLANMTU flag to decide if interface supports to run VLAN

Added by Renato Botelho over 5 years ago. Updated almost 4 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Category:
Interfaces
Target version:
Start date:
05/24/2019
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
All
Affected Architecture:

Description

Today there is a function called is_jumbo_capable() that detects if VLANMTU flag is supported by interface and this function is used to build the list of available parent interfaces to configure VLANs.

VLANMTU means interface can do 1500 MTU even using VLAN. Not having it is not a blocker to setup VLAN on the interface. Fix the code removing this check, but make sure only physical interfaces are being listed.

Actions #1

Updated by Renato Botelho over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
Actions #2

Updated by Chris Linstruth almost 5 years ago

Evaluated this but could not figure out how to test it in the negative sense. Tried to make existing NICs drop the VLAN_MTU option with -vlanmtu but no luck. Interfaces that should be available for VLANs still populate, however.

ETA: I am seeing ipsec VTI and OpenVPN interfaces available for VLAN assignment. That should probably not be the case.

Actions #3

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 5 years ago

The only way to really try it is to track down a bit of hardware that didn't allow VLANs before, but does now.

But that's a pretty rare case, so it may be that so long as a variety of interfaces that worked before still work now, it may be good enough.

Actions #4

Updated by Anonymous almost 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

No activity for ten months

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