Re: VLAN test cases in 2.6.38.7

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 05/24/2011 03:52 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 05/24/2011 12:08 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
>> On 05/24/2011 11:49 AM, Ben Greear wrote:
>>>
>>> I wrote a simple bridge that uses packet sockets to read/write
>>> from network devices. I'll upload this code somewhere when
>>> I get it a bit more presentable.
>>>
>>> Machine info:
>>>
>>> Linux lf0300-demo 2.6.38.7+ #14 SMP Mon May 23 10:31:45 PDT 2011 i686
>>> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Interface A: eth1
>>> driver: igb
>>> version: 3.0.19
>>> firmware-version: 1.2-1
>>> bus-info: 0000:01:00.0
>>>
>>> Interface B: eth3:
>>> driver: igb
>>> version: 3.0.19
>>> firmware-version: 1.2-1
>>> bus-info: 0000:01:00.1
>>>
>>>
>>> If no vlans are on eth1 and eth3, then it bridges fine, with vlan
>>> headers inline. But, if you add a VLAN to eth1, it stops working,
>>> probably because pkt tag is then un-stripped. I was generating on
>>> vlan 7, and created vlan 9, btw.
>>>
>>> I'll see if I can figure out how to use aux-data next...
>>
>> Why does the aux-data mask out the CFI bit? Shouldn't
>> we just pass the 16-bit VLAN tag un-modified to user-space?
>
> Either my ubridge code is broken, or 2.6.38.7+ doesn't send tp_vlan_tci
> properly. All I ever see is zero for that field.
>
> Test case is:
>
> set up VLAN traffic generator on VLAN 7 on separate machine.
> udp traffic, 56kbps, 1024 byte udp payload.
>
> Set up ubridge on test machine:
> ifconfig eth1 promisc
> ifconfig eth3 promisc
> # Make NIC go into stripping mode.
> ip link add link eth1 up name eth1.9 type vlan id 9
> ./do_test.pl eth1 eth3
>
>
> Expect that at least tci is != 0.
>
> The ubridge code is here:
> http://www.candelatech.com/~greearb/misc/ubridge.tar.gz

Ok, was my bug.  That test case passes now...will upload
the fixed code tomorrow.

Ben

>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>


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