Re: Request a freeze exception for vlantag feature

[Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>]

В Пн, 23/12/2013 в 11:34 -0500, Paulo Flabiano Smorigo/Brazil/IBM пишет:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> With the consent of Vladimir Serbinenko, I committed three patches in  
> the next branch. Those patches add support for virtual LAN (VLAN)  
> tagging. VLAN tagging allows multiple VLANs in a bridged network to  
> share the same physical network link but maintain isolation:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q
> 
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=11454e94ea8e78317b9c9ab22855e26890880745
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=8ff3c31f6d59ca758b3bc0020e5140dcc937edd6
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=commit;h=af768f8d4166aae41bbac8575fca7c65a319bfdb
> 
> 

VLAN tag is 12 bits, with 4 remaining bits being packet priority. You
need to mask them off before comparing. 

A couple of words in documentation would be nice (are those variables
for this platform documented at all?)

> I come here to ask for an freeze exception so it can be also in master  
> and in 2.02 release.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Paulo Flabiano Smorigo
> Software Engineer
> Linux Technology Center - IBM Systems & Technology Group
> 
> 
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