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284365 14-Jun-2015 bryanv

MFC r273331, r273371, r275851:

- Add vxlan interface

- Use the size of the Ethernet address, not the entire header, when
copying into forwarding entry.

- Prefix all the vxlan ifconfig commands so they are unique

273331 20-Oct-2014 bryanv

Add vxlan interface

vxlan creates a virtual LAN by encapsulating the inner Ethernet frame in
a UDP packet. This implementation is based on RFC7348.

Currently, the IPv6 support is not fully compliant with the specification:
we should be able to receive UPDv6 packets with a zero checksum, but we
need to support RFC6935 first. Patches for this should come soon.

Encapsulation protocols such as vxlan emphasize the need for the FreeBSD
network stack to support batching, GRO, and GSO. Each frame has to make
two trips through the network stack, and each frame will be at most MTU
sized. Performance suffers accordingly.

Some latest generation NICs have begun to support vxlan HW offloads that
we should also take advantage of. VIMAGE support should also be added soon.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D384
Reviewed by: gnn
Relnotes: yes