From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vlad Yasevich Subject: Re: Q: State of Linux RSTP support Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:23:54 -0400 Message-ID: <54230C3A.6030802@gmail.com> References: <542306A2.7020008@imap.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: Tilman Schmidt , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f178.google.com ([209.85.216.178]:41555 "EHLO mail-qc0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753926AbaIXSX5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:23:57 -0400 Received: by mail-qc0-f178.google.com with SMTP id x13so3799557qcv.23 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:23:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <542306A2.7020008@imap.cc> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 09/24/2014 02:00 PM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > According to Stephen Hemminger's presentation at > http://www.slideshare.net/shemminger/new-bridge (which seems to be th= e > most recent information available on the topic) the in-kernel bridgin= g > code only provides STP. RTSP is (should be) provided by a user space > daemon, rtspd. However, none of the distributions I routinely use > provide that daemon. Sourceforge has a project named rstpd but it > seems to be inactive. >=20 > A search for RSTP in the current git tree finds >=20 > - - in net/bridge/br_netlink.c, a comment: > /* Binary compatibility with old RSTP */ >=20 > - - in net/bridge/br_private.h, an enum constant for struct net_bridg= e > member stp_enabled: > BR_USER_STP, /* new RSTP in userspace */ >=20 > but nothing in, say, the Documentation folder. There is https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/rstp.g= it/ but it's 3 years old. Don't know if Stephen has anything newer. -vlad >=20 > Any pointers? >=20 > aTdHvAaNnKcSe, > Tilman >=20 > - --=20 > Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc > Bonn, Germany > Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. > Unge=C3=B6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=C3=BCckseite) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 >=20 > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUIwaiAAoJEFPuqx0v+F+q/dIIAI8tK2C7yVPoD3PaLwwVqcxQ > 9lV3VCXiRT4v1fGTqEtzTJhoyPAqZw+iHbmoPVZow9GPEAS1m5nPYBE44cejmP6M > SL0OtQmcnYO0UNBsIpwA6F8g+e3ZraivtAv4CVoBLMXGWrAz7zrERIRTkk0XOMdG > t2Is1e+U+48DlOH8CIPhqOEu/kIABz2GMle5S94VzlBkeBsGL9ifDrFxACtxbkEN > YJIm9QKxZa/MGwksgHCoQWDafrcs8RL6FhQDBVCUVhrERlp/12+kKwYXxvH9kv+a > YAAzMXkAu+3zPTI0Bl99M4NEQ57Z0FKtb8pwug9wSKH7UWdx18pKYOsYUdMwROM=3D > =3Ds37Z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > 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 >=20