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* Re: rstpd implementation
       [not found] <576A8873.50809@gmx.ch>
@ 2016-06-22 17:44 ` Eric W. Biederman
  2016-06-22 18:12   ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric W. Biederman @ 2016-06-22 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Phil; +Cc: linux-kernel, netdev

Phil <pme.neratec@gmx.ch> writes:

> Hi,
>
> When looking for an RSTP daemon I found Stephen Hemminger's
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp.git
> <https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp#zSoyz>
> with it's last commit from October 2011.
>
> Is this implementation still in good use by anybody - or has it been
> replaced/superseded by another implementation?

I don't know and when you get into user space daemons they aren't much
talked about on the kernel lists.  That said you will likely fair better
on the netdev list (cc'd).

Eric

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* Re: rstpd implementation
  2016-06-22 17:44 ` rstpd implementation Eric W. Biederman
@ 2016-06-22 18:12   ` Stephen Hemminger
  2016-06-23 13:56     ` Phil
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2016-06-22 18:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric W. Biederman; +Cc: Phil, linux-kernel, netdev

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:44:52 -0500
ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:

> Phil <pme.neratec@gmx.ch> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > When looking for an RSTP daemon I found Stephen Hemminger's
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp.git
> > <https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp#zSoyz>
> > with it's last commit from October 2011.
> >
> > Is this implementation still in good use by anybody - or has it been
> > replaced/superseded by another implementation?
> 
> I don't know and when you get into user space daemons they aren't much
> talked about on the kernel lists.  That said you will likely fair better
> on the netdev list (cc'd).
> 
> Eric

The current one I recommend is the MSTPd done by Cumulus
 https://sourceforge.net/p/mstpd/wiki/Home/
But like all projects they could use help

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* Re: rstpd implementation
  2016-06-22 18:12   ` Stephen Hemminger
@ 2016-06-23 13:56     ` Phil
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Phil @ 2016-06-23 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stephen Hemminger, Eric W. Biederman; +Cc: linux-kernel, netdev

On 06/22/2016 08:12 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:44:52 -0500
> ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
>
>> Phil <pme.neratec@gmx.ch> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When looking for an RSTP daemon I found Stephen Hemminger's
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp.git
>>> <https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp#zSoyz>
>>> with it's last commit from October 2011.
>>>
>>> Is this implementation still in good use by anybody - or has it been
>>> replaced/superseded by another implementation?
>> I don't know and when you get into user space daemons they aren't much
>> talked about on the kernel lists.  That said you will likely fair better
>> on the netdev list (cc'd).
>>
>> Eric
> The current one I recommend is the MSTPd done by Cumulus
>   https://sourceforge.net/p/mstpd/wiki/Home/
> But like all projects they could use help
>
Thank's a lot to Eric and Stephen for your answers.
In the meantime I also found https://github.com/ocedo/mstpd

Philipp

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