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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: "Eble, Dan" <DanE@aiinet.com>
Cc: "'netdev@oss.sgi.com'" <netdev@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: Cisco HDLC bridging
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:49:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3zn73i0dk.fsf@defiant.pm.waw.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C060DFCD9697A842B3189B458524FDC205D2CD@AIMAIL1.ai.aiinet.com> (Dan Eble's message of "Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:58:35 -0400")

"Eble, Dan" <DanE@aiinet.com> writes:

> Ah, yes.  But if the device does not have ARPHRD_ETHER the bridge driver
> will not allow it to be used as a port.

Correct. And while we can "fix" the bridge and other things, it's
still not enough.

> This is the sethdlc syntax I have chosen to create and destroy the hdlcXeth0
> device:
>
> 	sethdlc hdlc0 cisco proto <type> [ enable | disable ]
>
> Where <type> is 0x6558 for bridged ethernet packets (or maybe "ether", but I
> have not put that in yet).  I figure this will be useful to enable and
> disable other protocols too.

Ok. I'd prefer "ether", though.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH

  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-16 22:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-16 12:58 RFC: Cisco HDLC bridging Eble, Dan
2004-06-16 22:49 ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-14 13:40 Eble, Dan
2004-06-16 11:13 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-06-11 13:01 Eble, Dan
2004-06-11 21:29 ` Krzysztof Halasa

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