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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: net 01/06: Add STP demux layer
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:05 +0200
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Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu,  3 Jul 2008 19:04:42 +0200 (MEST)
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
> 
>> net: Add STP demux layer
>>
>> Add small STP demux layer for demuxing STP PDUs based on MAC address.
>> This is needed to run both GARP and STP in parallel (or even load the
>> modules) since both use LLC_SAP_BSPAN.
>>
>>
> Why not just have LLC handle multiple registrations for same SAP?


I considered that, but it looks like a lot more work without a
clear advantage - nothing else seems to need it.