From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Veaceslav Falico Subject: Re: Bonding Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:15:49 +0100 Message-ID: <20140211141549.GB29570@redhat.com> References: <8532C3BD1ECBC64BA47CE43AFED6D38EC37E5AA5@S103.efacec.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Gustavo Pimentel Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:45544 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751071AbaBKOQL (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:16:11 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8532C3BD1ECBC64BA47CE43AFED6D38EC37E5AA5@S103.efacec.pt> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 01:53:32PM +0000, Gustavo Pimentel wrote: >Hi, Hi Gustavo, > >I'm writing you because because I'm have implemented a new mode (PRP P= arallel Redundancy Protocol) for bonding kernel driver. This new mode i= s quite simple, I don't know if you have heard about PRP, but it's a ne= w standard that allows to overcome any single network failure without a= ffecting the data transmission. The general idea resides on having two = separate LAN (A & B) very similar and transmitting the almost the same = frame=A0through both LANs and the end device should accept one frame an= d discard the other according to a known mechanism. Isn't that the current 'broadcast' mode, where every packet is transmit= ted over all the slaves? After quick googling/reading I don't see any difference there, though I might have missed something. > >I have implemented this new mode on bonding driver, but I have some di= fficulties: >. Writing linux driver is quite new for me. I don't' know if exists gu= ide lines for driver coding. You can find everything under Documentation/, but without the code I ca= n't tell you exact documents. CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches might be th= e first ones. Also, try CC-ing relevant people for more feedback, specifically bondin= g maintainers. >. I don't know how to submit the code to be include on kernel reposito= ry. >. Maybe another pair of eyes could find help to improve the writing co= de for this mode. Try sending an RFC when net-next opens. > >I think my driver code is 99% complete. I'm currently testing with 3 e= quipments (1 pc + 1 embedded device running both my modify bonding driv= er) and a third party equipment called RedBox. > >Would you be interested in participating / helping this project? > >With my best regards, > >Gustavo Gama da Rocha Pimentel >Power Systems Automation / Innovation & Development >Efacec Engenharia e Sistemas, S.A. >Phone: +351229403391 >Disclaimer > > >-- >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