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Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:23:06 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] RSTP
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To: aaron chen <chenchanglong2016@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 20 May 2016 13:56:13 +0800
aaron chen <chenchanglong2016@gmail.com> wrote:

> Great bridge friends:
> 
> I port  linux-4.1.14 to my arm board, and the STP works fine in the loops
> of the boards. But I want a faster performance, so I need to use RSTP. I
> visit the www.linuxfoundation.org and it said "work is being done to
> integrate RSTP support in a future 2.6 release".
> 
> so, I want to know if the linux-4.1.14 supports RSTP ? How can I  use it ?
>  if not, could you give me some advices to port the RSTP to my board?
> 
> Best Wishes
> 
> Aaron Chen
> from China
> 2016-05-20

I haven't had time or motivation to update the kernel STP to RSTP.
If you need it I recommend using the MSTP daemon that was done by Cumulus.
 https://sourceforge.net/p/mstpd/wiki/Home/