From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: Catalin BOIE <util@deuroconsult.ro>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bridge-utils update for 2.6 ?
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:17:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040109091710.1c156735.shemminger@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0401091203540.28409@hosting.rdsbv.ro>
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:04:15 +0200 (EET)
Catalin BOIE <util@deuroconsult.ro> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Thomas Graham wrote:
>
> > my god, what protocol could I use for STP replacement after it's removed
> > from the kernal code then ?!
>
> The userlevel one. ;)
Yup, that's right. Many people have requested enhanced STP support, and rather
than continuing to do it all in the kernel, the right way to do it is to have
a well-defined API (probably netlink), and a separate user level process to manipulate
the underlying routing. Then (hopefully with help from the community) the daemon can
be enhanced (or replaced) as needed.
Don't worry ;-) the kernel and system won't break. The existing in kernel STP
support will stay (probably as an option) for the life of 2.6; to accommodate
users using the existing utils.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-09 17:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-09 1:22 Thomas Graham
2004-01-09 4:43 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-01-09 10:03 ` Thomas Graham
2004-01-09 10:04 ` Catalin BOIE
2004-01-09 10:51 ` Thomas Graham
2004-01-09 11:58 ` Catalin BOIE
2004-01-09 17:17 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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