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* [PATCH RFC 0/8] LLDP implementation for Linux
@ 2012-06-25 18:28 Eldad Zack
  2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 1/8] if_ether.h: Add LLDP ethertype Eldad Zack
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  0 siblings, 11 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: Eldad Zack @ 2012-06-25 18:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: Eldad Zack

Hi all,

This series of patches provides a partial LLDP (IEEE Std 802.1ab)
implementation.

I'd really appreciate a review of it.

LLDP is a simple discovery protocol which advertises the identification and
other info (such as MTU or capabilities) of device on the link. It can also
help debug misconfigurations on the link layer (wrong MTU, wrong VLAN).

Some notes/questions:

* Applies against net-next and mainline.

* Included in this series is only LLDP output code.
  This is not an issue since input and output are decoupled in LLDP anyway.
  I'm working on the input code as well and will post it at some point in the
  future.

* Sysctl is used to do (some) configuration. This is done globally right now.
  Before I add per-device sysctls: is it at all appropriate to use sysctl
  here?

* By default, transmission is suppressed. To arm it, set
	/proc/sys/net/lldp/lldp_op_mode
  to 1.

* I've tested it on x86_64 and (qemu'd) x86.

* I've tested it on my machine and it works with Ethernet and WLAN.

* The last patch ("8021q/vlan: process NETDEV_GOING_DOWN") is needed
  to be able to send shutdown PDU on VLAN interfaces, but has otherwise
  no effect.

* Is there a better way to deal with 16-bit endianness other than masking and
  shifting, when one field is more than a byte long (in this case 7/9)?

* I usually only work on it on weekends, so I might be slow in responding back.

Thanks in advance if you're taking the time to review it or test it!

Signed-off-by: Eldad Zack <eldad@fogrefinery.com>

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2012-06-25 18:28 [PATCH RFC 0/8] LLDP implementation for Linux Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 1/8] if_ether.h: Add LLDP ethertype Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:48   ` Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 2/8] LLDP: Header Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 3/8] LLDP: Sysctl interface Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 4/8] LLDP: PDU-handling routines Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 5/8] LLDP: Output routines Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 6/8] LLDP: Core routines Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 7/8] LLDP: Kconfig and Makefile Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:28 ` [PATCH 8/8] 8021q/vlan: process NETDEV_GOING_DOWN Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:33 ` [PATCH RFC 0/8] LLDP implementation for Linux Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 18:54 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-06-25 20:05   ` Eldad Zack
2012-06-25 19:00 ` John Fastabend
2012-06-25 20:21   ` Eldad Zack

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