On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 03:13:02PM +0000, Eli Britstein wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to configure a GRE tunnel over IPv6, on a Linux system. > However, I encounter the following: > > My command: > ovs-vsctl add-port br1 gre6 -- set interface gre6 type=ip6gre > options:remote_ip= 2001:db8:0:f102::11 options:key=55 > > Output: > ovs-vsctl: Error detected while setting up 'gre6': could not add network > device gre6 to ofproto (Address family not supported by protocol). See > ovs-vswitchd log for details. > ovs-vsctl: The default log directory is "/var/log/openvswitch". > > In the log: > bridge|WARN|could not add network device gre6 to ofproto (Address family > not supported by protocol) > > I notice that if I want to define a ip6gretap with “ip link”, there is a > need to use “-6” option, to set the correct family. > > Is there a way to note the correct family (though I think should be > implicit by “ip6gre”)? Or maybe some other configuration?
OVS doesn't have an "ip6gre" interface type. Just use "gre". _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
