From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: Implementing RSTP and MSTP in Linux Kernel Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:21:43 -0700 Message-ID: <20080709092143.19b9d9da@speedy> References: <6dd1343e0807090900s3d905da1qe36cf21731fd3d4e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: "\"G\"" Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([216.93.170.194]:39999 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750712AbYGIQVo (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:21:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <6dd1343e0807090900s3d905da1qe36cf21731fd3d4e@mail.gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:30:16 +0530 "\"G\"" wrote: > Hi all > > I am trying to extend the Linux bridging functionaltiy by adding > support for RSTP and MSTP in the linux kernel and i want to implement > it as a linux kernel module. I would like to know whats that i ve to > take care of while implementing this functionlality especially with > respect to locks etc. I ve gone through the basic bridging code so any > suggestions on this implementation would be of real good help. > > Thanks for your time > > Cheers, > Balaji > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html There is already an out of kernel rstpd in user space (actually two of them), and a couple of people had done RSTP in kernel in older 2.4 embedded devices.