From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:56:41 +0100 References: <1258497551-25959-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> In-Reply-To: <1258497551-25959-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911172356.41459.arnd@arndb.de> Subject: Re: [Bridge] [PATCH 0/3] macvlan: add vepa and bridge mode List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jens Osterkamp Cc: Herbert Xu , Anna Fischer , netdev@vger.kernel.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, David Miller , Gerhard Stenzel , "Eric W. Biederman" , Patrick Mullaney , Stephen Hemminger , Edge Virtual Bridging , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Sorry, I used the wrong address for the virtualization mailing list at first. Please correct this to when replying to the other mails. For people only subscribed to virtualization, you can find the actual patches at http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/60810/ http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/60811/ http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/60813/ http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/60814/ Arnd <>< On Tuesday 17 November 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > This is based on an earlier patch from Eric Biederman adding > forwarding between macvlans. I extended his approach to > allow the administrator to choose the mode for each macvlan, > and to implement a functional VEPA between macvlan. > > Still missing from this is support for communication between > the lower device that the macvlans are based on. This would > be extremely useful but as others have found out before me > requires significant changes not only to macvlan but also > to the common transmit path. > > I've seen one panic during testing this that I still need > to track down, but it generally does what is advertised. > I've tested VEPA operation with the hairpin support > added to the bridge driver by Anna Fischer. > > My current plan is to submit this for inclusion in 2.6.33 > when people are happy with it and I tracked down any > remaining bugs, and possibly to do the communication with > the lower device one release later. > > Arnd <>< > > --- > > Arnd Bergmann (3): > macvlan: implement VEPA and private mode > macvlan: export macvlan mode through netlink > iplink: add macvlan options for bridge mode > > Eric Biederman (1): > macvlan: Reflect macvlan packets meant for other macvlan devices > > linux/drivers/net/macvlan.c | 170 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > linux/include/linux/if_link.h | 15 +++ > 2 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) > > iproute2/include/linux/if_link.h | 15 +++ > iproute2/ip/Makefile | 3 +- > iproute2/ip/iplink_macvlan.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 ip/iplink_macvlan.c >