Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

[Sowmini Varadhan]

We are trying to use DCBX via lldpad for some of our applications,
and finding/fixing bugs and enhancements as we go. 

However our attempts to upstream these fixes is encountering silence
from the lldp-devel list e.g.,
  http://lists.open-lldp.org/pipermail/lldp-devel/2017-October/001252.html

Any suggestions on available options for the care and feeding of lldpad? 

There must be other users/maintainers of DCBX implementations- could you
please share your experiences in this space?

--Sowmini

Re: Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

[Valentin Vidic]

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 10:56:43AM -0500, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> We are trying to use DCBX via lldpad for some of our applications,
> and finding/fixing bugs and enhancements as we go. 
> 
> However our attempts to upstream these fixes is encountering silence
> from the lldp-devel list e.g.,
>   http://lists.open-lldp.org/pipermail/lldp-devel/2017-October/001252.html
> 
> Any suggestions on available options for the care and feeding of lldpad? 
> 
> There must be other users/maintainers of DCBX implementations- could you
> please share your experiences in this space?

Latest commits to the open-lldp repo come from intel.com, suse.de,
redhat.com and cisco.com so maybe try contacting someone in these orgs.

My repo on github contains updates to Debian packaging that
unfortunately also stalled at some point.

-- 
Valentin

Re: [lldp-devel] Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 11/07/2017 04:56 PM, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> 
> We are trying to use DCBX via lldpad for some of our applications,
> and finding/fixing bugs and enhancements as we go. 
> 
> However our attempts to upstream these fixes is encountering silence
> from the lldp-devel list e.g.,
>   http://lists.open-lldp.org/pipermail/lldp-devel/2017-October/001252.html
> 
> Any suggestions on available options for the care and feeding of lldpad? 
> 
> There must be other users/maintainers of DCBX implementations- could you
> please share your experiences in this space?
> 
We tried to get the list maintainership moved to over to us by the time
Intel decided to drop FCoE. But for some reasons this never worked out,
so while the list is technically alive we don't have any means of
managing it.
Maybe we should be moving it to somewhere else.
But yes, we _do_ take fixes for it.

Cheers,

Hannes
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Re: [lldp-devel] Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

[Sowmini Varadhan]

On (11/08/17 08:02), Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> We tried to get the list maintainership moved to over to us by the time
> Intel decided to drop FCoE. But for some reasons this never worked out,
> so while the list is technically alive we don't have any means of
> managing it.
> Maybe we should be moving it to somewhere else.

I'd support that.. any thoughts on where to move it to?

> But yes, we _do_ take fixes for it.

I just tried setting up a git pull-request for this to Valentin's repo,
I'm not sure if I followed procedures correctly (sending text patches to 
a list comes more naturally to me, and I may have fat-fingered something)

To whom should I send this patch? 

We also have a couple of other patches in the pipeline that we are
testing, so setting up a mailing list would be welcomed!

--Sowmini

Re: [lldp-devel] Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

[Valentin Vidic]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 04:24:48AM -0500, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> I just tried setting up a git pull-request for this to Valentin's repo,
> I'm not sure if I followed procedures correctly (sending text patches to 
> a list comes more naturally to me, and I may have fat-fingered something)
> 
> To whom should I send this patch? 
> 
> We also have a couple of other patches in the pipeline that we are
> testing, so setting up a mailing list would be welcomed!

Right, but my repo is just for Debian packaging :)  We would need a
SUSE repo or email address where to send patches - I also have few small
fixes for lldpad and fcoe waiting.

-- 
Valentin

Re: [lldp-devel] Fwd: [PATCH RESEND] Fix segfault on "lldptool -t -i eth2 -V PFC -c enabled"

[Santosh Shilimkar]

On 11/8/2017 1:31 AM, Valentin Vidic wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 04:24:48AM -0500, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
>> I just tried setting up a git pull-request for this to Valentin's repo,
>> I'm not sure if I followed procedures correctly (sending text patches to
>> a list comes more naturally to me, and I may have fat-fingered something)
>>
>> To whom should I send this patch?
>>
>> We also have a couple of other patches in the pipeline that we are
>> testing, so setting up a mailing list would be welcomed!
> 
> Right, but my repo is just for Debian packaging :)  We would need a
> SUSE repo or email address where to send patches - I also have few small
> fixes for lldpad and fcoe waiting.
> 
I also heard Mellanox folks have few patches so looping them as well.
IMO email alone will not be enough and a public repo needed so
that latest sources can be available for people developing/using it.

Hannes, you mentioned that you are taking fixes. Is your repo public
where you are applying this fixes. Sorry if I missed that part.

Regards,
Santosh