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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst b/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst index b9d04ee6dac1..621cb9575c8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/bareudp.rst @@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ Bare UDP Tunnelling Module Documentation There are various L3 encapsulation standards using UDP being discussed to leverage the UDP based load balancing capability of different networks. -MPLSoUDP (__ https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7510) is one among them. +MPLSoUDP (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7510) is one among them. The Bareudp tunnel module provides a generic L3 encapsulation support for tunnelling different L3 protocols like MPLS, IP, NSH etc. inside a UDP tunnel. Special Handling ---------------- + The bareudp device supports special handling for MPLS & IP as they can have multiple ethertypes. -MPLS procotcol can have ethertypes ETH_P_MPLS_UC (unicast) & ETH_P_MPLS_MC (multicast). +The MPLS protocol can have ethertypes ETH_P_MPLS_UC (unicast) & ETH_P_MPLS_MC (multicast). IP protocol can have ethertypes ETH_P_IP (v4) & ETH_P_IPV6 (v6). This special handling can be enabled only for ethertypes ETH_P_IP & ETH_P_MPLS_UC with a flag called multiproto mode. @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ be enabled explicitly with the "multiproto" flag. 3) Device Usage The bareudp device could be used along with OVS or flower filter in TC. -The OVS or TC flower layer must set the tunnel information in SKB dst field before -sending packet buffer to the bareudp device for transmission. On reception the -bareudp device extracts and stores the tunnel information in SKB dst field before +The OVS or TC flower layer must set the tunnel information in the SKB dst field before +sending the packet buffer to the bareudp device for transmission. On reception, the +bareUDP device extracts and stores the tunnel information in the SKB dst field before passing the packet buffer to the network stack. |