<dt><code>tap</code></dt>
<dd>A TUN/TAP device managed by Open vSwitch.</dd>
<dt><code>gre</code></dt>
- <dd>An Ethernet over RFC 1702 Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4
+ <dd>An Ethernet over RFC 2890 Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4
tunnel. Each tunnel must be uniquely identified by the
combination of <code>remote_ip</code>, <code>local_ip</code>, and
<code>in_key</code>. Note that if two ports are defined that are
either be a 32-bit number or the word <code>flow</code>. If
<code>flow</code> is specified then the key may be set using
the <code>set_tunnel</code> Nicira OpenFlow vendor extension (0
- is used in the absense of an action). The ovs-ofctl manual
+ is used in the absence of an action). The ovs-ofctl manual
page contains additional information about the Nicira OpenFlow
vendor extensions. Default is no key.</dd>
</dl>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt><code>csum</code></dt>
- <dd>Optional. Compute GRE checksums for outgoing packets and
- require checksums for incoming packets. Default is enabled,
- set to <code>false</code> to disable.</dd>
+ <dd>Optional. Compute GRE checksums on outgoing packets.
+ Checksums present on incoming packets will be validated
+ regardless of this setting. Note that GRE checksums
+ impose a significant performance penalty as they cover the
+ entire packet. As the contents of the packet is typically
+ covered by L3 and L4 checksums, this additional checksum only
+ adds value for the GRE and encapsulated Ethernet headers.
+ Default is disabled, set to <code>true</code> to enable.</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt><code>pmtud</code></dt>