On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 10:37:48PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 11:29:31AM +0000, Matt Churchyard via freebsd-net > wrote: > > From the little information I can find on the net it seems that valeX:Y is > > the format for a port on a vale switch. > > Some examples use vale0:1, others use a letter such as valeA:0. The only > > details I can find is a vague reference to a 15/16? character limit, > > although I don't know whether that applies to just the first part of the > > whole thing. > > > > Can anyone clarify the valid format for a vale switch/port? > > Is there any length or character restriction on X & Y? > > According to the vale.4 manpage: > > vale ports are named vale[bdg:][port] where vale is the prefix > indicating a VALE switch rather than a standard interface, bdg > indicates a specific switch (the colon is a separator), and port > indicates a port within the switch. Bridge and port names are > arbitrary strings, the only constraint being that the full name > must fit within 16 characters. > > The manpage is confusing in that the name must be 15 characters plus the > NUL character. Given the other limits, it looks like bdg can be up to 8 > characters in practice.
Having hit send, I've noticed I'm wrong here. :) In fact, you have 10 characters to split betwen bdg and port. -- Brooks
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