From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eliot Blennerhassett Subject: AVB support (IEEE802.1 audio/video bridging) Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:47:55 +1300 Message-ID: <4D488D9B.5080409@audioscience.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp5.clear.net.nz ([203.97.33.68]:59696 "EHLO smtp5.clear.net.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751600Ab1BAWr5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:47:57 -0500 Received: from [192.168.36.2] (121-72-250-62.cable.telstraclear.net [121.72.250.62]) by smtp5.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id <0LFY005PGNBWTA70@smtp5.clear.net.nz> for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:47:56 +1300 (NZDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Grettings, before I go into any details, please tell me if this is the right place to enquire/discuss if/how linux network stacks can support the various protocols required by AVB To quote the introduction from wikipedia [1] "Audio Video Bridging (AVB) is a common name for the set of standards in development by the IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging Task Group. The charter of this organization is to "provide the specifications that will allow time-synchronized low latency streaming services through IEEE 802 networks"." regards -- Eliot Blennerhassett AudioScience Inc. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Bridging