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man: reword the descriptions of VXLAN DestinationPort= and PortRange=
The usual: "empty string" is meaningless in this context. We are not assigning DestinationPort="". Just say "unset". Fixes systemd#17240.
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>DestinationPort=</varname></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Configures the default destination UDP port on a per-device basis.
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If destination port is not specified then Linux kernel default will be used.
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Set destination port 4789 to get the IANA assigned value. If not set or if the
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destination port is assigned the empty string the default port of 4789 is used.</para>
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<para>Configures the default destination UDP port. If the destination port is not specified then
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Linux kernel default will be used. Set to 4789 to get the IANA assigned value.</para>
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<term><varname>PortRange=</varname></term>
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<para>Configures VXLAN port range. VXLAN bases source
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UDP port based on flow to help the receiver to be able
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to load balance based on outer header flow. It
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restricts the port range to the normal UDP local
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ports, and allows overriding via configuration.</para>
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<para>Configures the source port range for the VXLAN. The kernel assigns the source UDP port based
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on the flow to help the receiver to do load balancing. When this option is not set, the normal
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range of local UDP ports is used.</para>
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