From: Bastien Roucariès Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 23:50:34 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Improve hairpin mode description X-Git-Tag: v5.7.0~29 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1cad8f8d78fd10d4bf86962ceb3b1e092fe9ef15;p=thirdparty%2Fiproute2.git Improve hairpin mode description Mention VEPA and reflective relay. Signed-off-by: Bastien Roucariès Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8 index ff6f6f377..584324b54 100644 --- a/man/man8/bridge.8 +++ b/man/man8/bridge.8 @@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ cause the port to stop processing STP BPDUs. .TP .BR "hairpin on " or " hairpin off " Controls whether traffic may be send back out of the port on which it was -received. By default, this flag is turned off and the bridge will not forward +received. This option is also called reflective relay mode, and is used to support +basic VEPA (Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator) capabilities. +By default, this flag is turned off and the bridge will not forward traffic back out of the receiving port. .TP